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The main reason to use new formats online is to speed up page loading. Sites that do this usually have WebP (and now AVIF) and a safe format (JPG, PNG) as fallb
by celsoazevedo 6y ago
The main reason to use new formats online is to speed up page loading. Sites that do this usually have WebP (and now AVIF) and a safe format (JPG, PNG) as fallback.
Often the size reduction is worth the extra disk space. Many sites also use CDNs that convert images on the fly, so they just need one file/URL and then the CDN sends WebP to browsers that support it and JPG to browsers that don't.