Jake Archibaldjaffathecake@mastodon.social
Sep 14, 2026, 8:24 AMThis is a great article. I've always been sus about the hype around JPEG XL, as it never stacked up when I actually tested it with web use-cases.
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pwheelerpwheeler@mastodon.socialSep 14, 2026, 4:22 PM@jaffathecake Idk, it seems very convenient that where AVIF has improved there's an implication that JXL parity is insurmountable. "...most of the argument for JPEG XL comes from wanting a Web with more developer choice as opposed to wanting a technologically superior image codec". The claim here is subjective and delivered with dismissive intent, but on a more fundamental level...yes? The web should be accommodating to users, not the other way around!
- pwheelerpwheeler@mastodon.socialSep 14, 2026, 4:37 PM
@jaffathecake I think a lot of it does come down to how little trust people outside of browser institutions have for them as faithful arbiters of fairness or openness--They are enormous and incredibly powerful companies with necessarily opaque processes. That might be unfair, but it's not unfounded or unreasonable! I also don't agree with the idea that a format that wasn't developed or optimized specifically for the web should be precluded from existing there
- Jake Archibaldjaffathecake@mastodon.socialSep 14, 2026, 6:11 PM
@pwheeler most of the development resource behind JPEG XL is from Google
- pwheelerpwheeler@mastodon.socialSep 14, 2026, 6:48 PM
@jaffathecake I'm not sure what your point is! People working at Google aren't a monolith
- Jake Archibaldjaffathecake@mastodon.socialSep 14, 2026, 6:52 PM
@pwheeler Google isn't a monolith?
- pwheelerpwheeler@mastodon.socialSep 14, 2026, 6:57 PM
@jaffathecake Google is lol, the people aren't.
- Jake Archibaldjaffathecake@mastodon.socialSep 14, 2026, 7:05 PM
@pwheeler so who is the 'they' in "They are enormous and incredibly powerful companies"
- pwheelerpwheeler@mastodon.socialSep 14, 2026, 7:12 PM
@jaffathecake the companies themselves