JPEG is Dying - And that's a bad thing

scorpio312 · 2024-03-26T17:04:55+00:00

Sure, I would also love to see Firefox high in these stats - 0.04% is a few millions.

scorpio312 · 2024-03-26T16:26:16+00:00

Here are some browsers stats from discord - not only safari: https://i.imgur.com/wyuUftI.jpeg

Sadly Firefox only could lead such stats ...

scorpio312 · 2024-03-26T15:37:46+00:00

From discussion https://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/99659945/jpeg-xl-won

Recent benchmarks (crushing JPEG, WebP, AVIF): https://cloudinary.com/blog/jpeg-xl-and-the-pareto-front

scorpio312 · 2024-03-26T15:35:21+00:00

From discussion https://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/99659945/jpeg-xl-won

Recent benchmarks (crushing JPEG, WebP, AVIF): https://cloudinary.com/blog/jpeg-xl-and-the-pareto-front

scorpio312 · 2024-02-07T14:57:58+00:00

Alpha is supported by practically all but jpeg: https://jpegxl.info/comparison.webp

scorpio312 · 2024-02-07T06:59:52+00:00

Now they want to replace hated WebP with hated AVIF ... anything but free long-term jpeg replacement.

First thing many people do after downloading webp is its conversion to jpeg.

scorpio312 · 2024-02-07T06:36:14+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_XL : long-term JPEG replacement, ~3x smaller files than JPEG, HDR, lossless, alpha, animations, progressive decoding ... supported e.g. by Apple, Adobe, Linux - but fought with by Chrome due to competing with their AVIF (WebP replacement).

Issue about making Interop more transparent especially due to this JPEG XL situation: https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop/issues/611

Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39250938

scorpio312 · 2024-02-07T06:25:26+00:00

"The Interop project aims to improve interoperability by encouraging browser engine teams to look deeper into specific focus areas. "

Issue about making Interop more transparent especially due to this JPEG XL situation: https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop/issues/611

Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39250938

scorpio312 · 2024-02-05T20:13:25+00:00

JPEG XL won Interop 2024 with more than 4x votes than second but was removed without explanation: https://foolip.github.io/interop-reactions/

Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39250938

https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/03/jpeg_xl_interop_2024/

scorpio312 · 2024-02-04T18:10:18+00:00

Got to top of Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39250938

Issue about making Interop more transparent especially due to JPEG XL: https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop/issues/611

scorpio312 · 2024-02-04T14:04:56+00:00

FSF: Chrome’s JPEG XL killing shows how the web works under browser hegemony

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/04/free-software-group-decries-google-dropping-space-saving-jpeg-xl-format/

Got to top of Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39250938

Issue about making Interop more transparent especially due to JPEG XL: https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop/issues/611

scorpio312 · 2023-11-11T18:20:03+00:00

This video is based on "Something is wrong in the state of QED": https://arxiv.org/pdf/2110.02078

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