Maybe they'll will hear their users instead of ignoring (reasonable) requests (like a toolbar, or sorting status bar items) that are many years old and have thousands of stars.
You're young. Young enough to have to google my username meaning. Maybe also google what GIF means: Graphics Interchange Format. Long tima go you could find images on the internet, and they were always GIF, because JPG didn't exist.
But yes, it's quite strange nowadays, I agree <grin>
Oh, yes, I used the net before smileys were a thing :-)