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Dithering a photo (which probably was a JPEG) so it looks like a GIF and then saving it as PNG may be a good way to make it look "low-tech", but I somehow doubt
by rob74 8y ago
Dithering a photo (which probably was a JPEG) so it looks like a GIF and then saving it as PNG may be a good way to make it look "low-tech", but I somehow doubt that it's really the most efficient way to serve images to your users?
- vanderZwan 8y agoYeah, that was a big point of contention when Low Tech Magazine unveiled their new website[0]. I even did some research myself - see comment 23 underneath that article and this[1] link. From what I understand of their response, LTM also made an aesthetic choice to make the images more striking in their old-school look. They chose the look to draw attention to the images themselves. While I think that's fine for Low Tech Magazine, I'm not sure if I agree with that becoming the most generalized result. [0] https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about.html https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/about.html [1] https://blindedcyclops.neocities.org/low-tech-image-tests/gallery.html https://blindedcyclops.neocities.org/low-tech-image-tests/ga...