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I don't see the appeal. Don't you agree it would be better if the user- ran this software on their own machines?

• slig 7y ago
  Most users of a tool like this don't know (or don't care) to install command line tools.
  • salutonmundo 7y ago
    verisimilitudes didn't say that it should be a shell tool, just a local one. Personally I would prefer the option of command line or GUI.
    • slig 7y ago
      There are GUI tools for that. Maybe the author felt there's a niche for people that don't want to install random stuff from the Internet.
    • agnivade 7y ago
      Sure, but sometimes things are not that easy. Have you tried using mozjpeg ? You need to download, compile and install mozjpeg. Atleast for my platform. And sometimes you need the exact set of configure flags or build flags. Still you won't use a browser tool which does it for you ?
• penagwin 7y ago
  At least for me there's been plenty of times where I just want to m I nify a single image, and potentially on a machine I don't have all my dev tools on. Also I think this is project is a good side project, regardless if it's really "necessary"
  • tomglynch 7y ago
    Exactly. I sometimes upload an image to imgur for the sole purpose of re-downloading it compressed.
• Forge36 7y ago
  Better in which way? With Web assembly I've heard the performance can be on-par with C. In terms of ease of install: the user requires no setup step or "download". In terms of network performance: Provided caching is setup correctly and code downloads once, I don't see the harm. Does this project tick all of those boxes to make this production ready? I'm not sure, it certainly looks polished (I haven't reviewed the code).
  • baroffoos 7y ago
    If it was wasm then it would be what OP comment was asking for. Locally run software.
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