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No it wasn't. WASM implementations are simply slower than native support. No browser uses HW accelerated decode for AVIF images or JXL. I think Safari might use
by lonjil 3y ago
No it wasn't. WASM implementations are simply slower than native support. No browser uses HW accelerated decode for AVIF images or JXL. I think Safari might use HW for JPEG, but that's it across all browsers.
- pgeorgi 3y ago>> Hardware accelerated handling was one of the arguments used to oppose a WASM based implementation > No it wasn't. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33935355 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33935355: "Wasm does not have the hardware acceleration necessary to efficiently do codecs."