Fans of the spec bemoan lack of transparency in Interop 2024 process
  • Browser makers Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have announced Interop 2024, a project to promote web browser interoperability.
  • JPEG XL, a potential replacement for JPEG and PNG image formats, was not included in Interop 2024.
  • The rejection of JPEG XL has been blamed on Google, with the Google Chrome team deciding not to support the image compression technology.

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  • ItsMeSpezEnglish
    261·
    9 months ago

    “Overall, we don’t see JPEG-XL performing enough better than its closest competitors (like AVIF) to justify addition on that basis alone,” said Martin Thomson, distinguished engineer at Mozilla, last year. “Similarly, its feature advancements don’t distinguish it above the collection of formats that are already included in the platform.”

    So is this a legit take on the technology? Sounds like an expert in the field is pretty convinced that this file format isn’t really worth it’s weight. What does JXL give the web that other file formats don’t?

    • VanonEnglish
      110·
      8 months ago8 months ago

      Perhaps true from his… perspective. I’ve found JXL surprisingly awesome and easy to use (size, quality, speed, intuitive encoding options with lossless, supported in XnView & XnConvert for easy batches). AVIF was terrible in real-world use last I tried (and blurs fine details).

      I’m still a big Mozilla & Firefox fan, but a few decisions over past few years seem like they’re being dictated or vetoed by a few lofty individuals (while ignoring popular user requests). Sad.

    • exocortexEnglish
      100·
      8 months ago

      I’ve read a comparison of several newer file formats (avif, heic, webp) with jpeg-xl. The conclusion was that jpeg-xl was on par in terms of compression, sometimes better and very fast. also it can re-compress jpgs directly.

      here’s an article describing it https://cloudinary.com/blog/the-case-for-jpeg-xl

      • GamingChairModelEnglish
        10·
        8 months ago

        The big thing, to me, is that it can losslessly encode JPEGs, the dominant format for allllll sorts of archived images. That’s huge for migration of images that don’t necessarily exist in any other format.

        Plus, as I understand it, JPEG XL performs better at those video-derived formats at lossless high resolution applications relating to physical printing and scanning workflows, or encoding in new or custom color spaces. It’s designed to work in a broader set of applications than the others, beyond just web images in a browser.