kolyakolya@social.cologne
Aug 25, 2026, 8:33 AM@jaffathecake what does JPEG XL "shipping" mean? will it be supported by my OS and every image editor after shipping? because that was the whole problem with webp as far as I can see.
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Jake Archibaldjaffathecake@mastodon.socialAug 25, 2026, 8:37 AM@kolya I'm talking about https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/08/intent-to-ship-jpeg-xl/
- kolyakolya@social.cologneAug 25, 2026, 8:44 AM
@jaffathecake right, that's a technical description of the format. and I applaud the efforts to develop a new image format. but my point is that releasing the format and even integrating it in chrome and firefox isn't the biggest task. webp suffered from user acceptance and so will other new formats if there isn't a broad cross industry alliance to turn them into a fully supported standard. does such an alliance exist now?
- Jake Archibaldjaffathecake@mastodon.socialAug 25, 2026, 8:54 AM
@kolya sure, but you asked what I was talking about, and I'm talking about the announcement that it's shipping in Firefox and Chrome. That's what the "yesss fuck WebP!" has been in response to.
If they don't like WebP due to things other than browser support, then those things apply to JPEG XL too.