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> Sixel is a terrible encoding This is not based on technical facts, but bias against an old format. > png/gif/jpg--for higher quality output & lower bandwidt
by csdvrx 5y ago
> Sixel is a terrible encoding
This is not based on technical facts, but bias against an old format.
> png/gif/jpg--for higher quality output & lower bandwidth
For bandwidth, my ssh stream is compressed.
For quality, I can't see difference in a 24 bit bitmap when comparing with a png or jpg, unless I compress them too much, in which case the compression artifacts start playing AGAINST the formats you recommend.
- chaganated 5y agoit is self-evident to anyone who knows how sixel works. gif is no prize--yet still manages to be a more efficient encoding than sixel.