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This is web browsers developers fault: Chrome developers actively resisting APNG support [1], while Firefox developers actively resisting WebP support for years
by xvilka 10y ago
This is web browsers developers fault: Chrome developers actively resisting APNG support [1], while Firefox developers actively resisting WebP support for years [2] and [3].
[1] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1171 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1171
[2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600919 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600919
[3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=856375 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=856375
- antisthenes 10y agoThat Chrome thread is mind-boggling. It dates back 6 years and apparently APNG is still not supported? I don't use Chrome so can't be sure. After going through the Mozilla bug threads, they're even more infuriating from a rational perspective. I guess I didn't realize how politicized software development could be, even in open source.
- xvilka 10y agoMozilla started a new bug (take 3) for WebP support, so you can see the progress here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294490 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294490
- maxst 10y agoThe resistance is all but disappeared. No doubt we'll see APNG is Chrome, and WebP in Firefox within a year or so.
- xvilka 10y agoYes, but looks like it's too late - WebM and MP4 taking over by now.