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That's an old, closed reddit post. They have been actually actively implementing .webp support since August: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294
by fhoffa 10y ago
That's an old, closed reddit post.
They have been actually actively implementing .webp support since August:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294490 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1294490
- Tarq0n 10y agoIt's more about Google and Mozilla's differing approach to web standards, not the question posted in the title itself.
- markdog12 10y agoGreat to see they're finally getting this in, since it results in real-world download reduction and quality improvement for users. Depends on content of course, but it's especially great for certain game content, icons, etc. I was never convinced their arguments against it outweighed the benefit of adding it, and was greatly disappointed when they opposed it. Hopefully Safari are still adding it. (Edit, seems Safari may not add it due to lack of 10-bit color support)
- gcp 10y agosince it results in real-world download reduction and quality improvement for users This is AFAIK really only true for images that can be lossy but which have an alpha channel, so a very specific use case. The whole point of mozjpeg was to show that an improved JPEG encoder could achieve parity with WebP for all other use cases.
- markdog12 10y agowebp can do lossless with alpha channel, and the results (quality, size) are great. It also improves on jpeg, so it's actually a very general use case.
- gcp 10y agowebp can do lossless with alpha channel So can PNG. WebP doesn't add anything new here. It also improves on jpeg Debunked in the post you're replying to. The difference disappears when the JPEG encoder is updated (in a backwards compatible manner!) with modern encoding techniques the WebP encoder also uses, instead of ones dating back to 1998...
- markdog12 10y agoSo can PNG. WebP doesn't add anything new here. Webp compresses to much smaller file sizes than PNG in lossless mode. Debunked in the post you're replying to Sorry, which post?