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> These black-and-white images are then coloured according to the pertaining content category via the browser’s native image manipulation capacities. But then
by jmnicolas 5y ago
> These black-and-white images are then coloured according to the pertaining content category via the browser’s native image manipulation capacities.
But then thousands of browsers are going to consume more electricity to render the images. So if we're thinking globally it would be better to do the job once on the server.
- dinkelberg 5y agoAgree. They could just add color palettes to their PNG files. The files could essentially stay the same. See: [1] Their use of PNG files for photographs does not make sense anyway, though. If they used 1-component JPEG files (greyscale or possibly including a custom color profile to achieve the tinted effect), they could achieve similar file sizes with greatly enhanced image quality. [1]: https://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-PNG-20031110/#4Concepts.Indexing https://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-PNG-20031110/#4Concepts.Index...