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I don't think there's any reason not to try to improve something even if its satisfactory. Image formats are no exception - I don't think JPEG is the best that
by tobobo 15y ago
I don't think there's any reason not to try to improve something even if its satisfactory. Image formats are no exception - I don't think JPEG is the best that can be done and I hope we have better options moving forward.
- astrodust 15y agoIt doesn't matter. Get over it. Leave it alone. Let it go. There is a need for better image formats for photography, for gigatextures, for voxels, for specialized cases, but not for general web use. This problem is solved. Move along. ASCII has served us well, it's still used now, and even though it's broken in a lot of ways, UTF-8 addresses most of those to a degree that's satisfactory enough we don't need people inventing new character encoding systems. Between GIF, PNG and JPEG you have what you need. Don't cry over a few wasted bytes or a few smudgy pixels.
- pshc 15y agoI could say the same thing about H.264. Why should we bother making better video codecs for general movie viewing use? Let it go. We can just add more data layers to Blu-rays. And it's not like JPEG or ASCII or UTF-8 or anything we use today is going to suddenly disappear if we add new browser support. Why not strive for excellence?
- ryandvm 15y agoThat was sarcasm, right?
- mthoms 15y agoTell that to Flickr, Wikimedia, Facebook and a large portion of the developing world that are stuck on slow and expensive mobile connections.
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoCome on HN, he makes a justifiable point quite well; this doesn't deserve downvoting. FWIW I disagree strongly with his sentiment.