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I think this is because video codecs superseded everything else. An MP4 file is going to be roughly the same size as an apng, while enjoying hardware accelerat
by mywittyname 5y ago
I think this is because video codecs superseded everything else. An MP4 file is going to be roughly the same size as an apng, while enjoying hardware acceleration on a lot of devices out there.
There's still the weird niche of lossless compression where apng or webp would be preferred.
- acdha 5y ago20 years ago the case was stronger but video codecs have both soaked up the performance wins and do not expose new security exposure. Based on APNG and JPEG 2000, the only question I have for new formats is how they plan to get browser support. It’s a hard path to relevance unless you have a good answer for that (even if it’s, say, a WASM fallback).
- asddubs 5y agoa wasm fallback for a format is a perverse yet interesting idea. Seems like the main hurdle for new formats (at least patent unencumbered ones) is safari. webp finally made it in, av1, there's a pull request but we'll see what happens