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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  • ted@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    44·
    11 months ago

    Horrible headline.

    Browser maker love-in

    Chromium (used by most browsers)

    snubs

    doesn’t support

    Google-shunned JPEG XL

    JPEG XL (because Google doesn’t like it)

    • psud@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      11 months ago

      It was chrome and Firefox both who were against the format, both saying too expensive to implement for too small a benefit