This was pre Netscape and pre the thoughts of IE.
Mosaic displayed it and we used it.
I've downloaded massive files from federal sites at their allowance.
Scanners continue to ask what format.
I have several programs on this computer that modify Tif and use them.

The key that you state is 'a standard' - The standards went towards
jpg compressed and move and jiggle jpgs - and naturally movies.

Tif is an old format and has gone through 6 or more versions of internal
information.

Retire this thread. I was there I did it. You were not and it doesn't matter.

Martin

Dave Balderstone wrote:
In article , Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:22:41 -0600, the infamous Dave Balderstone
scrawled the following:

In article , Michael Kenefick
wrote:

www.heritagequest.com allows census images to be downloaded this way.
The other option is a PDF. 80% of the images I have are in .TIF.

Mike in Ohio
Downloaded.

Displayed in a web browser?
Only if you have either the Alternatiff or other free plugin.

http://www.uspto.gov/faq/plugins/tiff.jsp

I thought as much. TIFF has never been a standard web graphic format.