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The past couple decades (really! see JPEG2000!) have seen fairly regular introductions of new lossy image formats, but JPEG continues to win due to: 1. widespr
by mceachen 6y ago
The past couple decades (really! see JPEG2000!) have seen fairly regular introductions of new lossy image formats, but JPEG continues to win due to:
1. widespread support
2. "good enough" compression
Formats that compress better, like HEIC and webp, are only ~2x better, have sparse software/hardware support, and are likely to be patent-encumbered.
If I had to guess, formats that support HDR or other features haven't seen adoption due to a lack of widespread display support (in the case of HDR) and a lack of user interest.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_graphics_file_formats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_graphics_file_fo... for a bunch of examples.