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Somewhat unfortunate naming for a format that presumably tries to be as small as possible.
by hoseja 5y ago
Somewhat unfortunate naming for a format that presumably tries to be as small as possible.
- lovasoa 5y agoJPEG-XL can encode huge images, whereas JPEG is limited to a maximum width and height of 65535 pixels.
- hoseja 5y agoIs support for 5 gigapixel images really such a killer feature to put it in the name?
- jonsneyers 5y agoThat's not where the name comes from :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_XL#Name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG_XL#Name
- IshKebab 5y agoIt's also very similar to JPEG-XR.
- jonsneyers 5y agoAnd JPEG XT. And JPEG XS. I prefer calling it JXL (or jxl) which is visually sufficiently unique to avoid confusion.
- hnbad 5y agoI first thought the name must be a clever pun when I saw that the original JPEG was dated 1992. But sadly my brain was off by a decade, JPEG XL is in fact not JPEG 40. They could have gone with JPEG XXL or JPEG XXX but the former is a bit too fanciful and the latter might cause some adoption problems outside a certain niche industry.
- jonsneyers 5y agoJPEG MMXXI ?