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>but it's not currently supported by any browser (it's in Safari beta and behind a config flag in Firefox Nightly) Your comment is 100% accurate, but it's nota

>but it's not currently supported by any browser (it's in Safari beta and behind a config flag in Firefox Nightly) Your comment is 100% accurate, but it's notable that JPEG XL is coming this fall across the release versions of macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and then standalone Safari (itself being compatible back to macOS 12). Not just in Safari, but in the core media content subsystem of the core OS as well, meaning it can be immediately supported by third party apps as well effortlessly. Given the extremely rapid uptake of Apple OS updates, by year end it will have a substantial compatible base. Of course webp has a massive compatible base right now yet sees almost no adoption. Hopefully the quality and functional benefits of JPEG XL finally get us over that hump.

chungy 3y ago
You could see another comment I made on this story. :) WebP lossy has poor enough visual quality and poor enough file size gains over JPEG (especially after MozJPEG has really squeezed the most they could out of the 1993 format), that it's wholly unappealing to anyone that would possibly care about lossy formats. Google never really advertised that WebP lossless is a thing, so in the minds of many, WebP is a failed JPEG replacement and PNG stands unopposed (even though that's untrue for a subset of images PNG supports).