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Seems really cool. It seems that the biggest gatekeepers for image formats are Apple and Google because of iPhone/Safari and Android/Chrome. Basically, if you

Seems really cool. It seems that the biggest gatekeepers for image formats are Apple and Google because of iPhone/Safari and Android/Chrome. Basically, if you want to be able to easily view the image on a mobile device or on the web, the format needs their blessing.

taneq 7y ago
They have a demo using a prototype browser polyfill so you could arguably use it right now at the cost of slightly higher CPU usage. Depending on your data connection it could even end up using less battery on mobile due to reduced radio usage.
gtirloni 7y ago
Well, Chromium is open source so it's open to anyone to implement it.
- nine_k 7y ago
  Is it easy to get your PR merged if it introduces support for a new image format?
- Polylactic_acid 7y ago
  Its about as useful as sending a politician an email. Technically the option exists but its not of much use.