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I'm behind -- did Chrome un-remove JXL support? Google is suddenly behind it again? Why/how did they change their minds?
by LoganDark 5mo ago
I'm behind -- did Chrome un-remove JXL support? Google is suddenly behind it again? Why/how did they change their minds?
- Gigachad 5mo agoThey added it back as an experimental flag again. Likely the new rust based decoder and adoption in to other platforms and standards changed their decision.
- Caspy7 5mo agoYes. They're adding it back to Chrome. This last January at FOSDEM there was a panel with representatives from different browser companies. During the panel Kadir Topal, a web platform product manager at Google, indicated that because of the interest they saw in JPEG XL through the Interop Project that they changed their course on supporting it. https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop The video of the panel can be found at https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7E7387-browser_in_2026_-_panel_discussion/ https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7E7387-browser_in_202... . He starts speaking on the issue at about 13:00
- ksec 5mo agoThat is a very cherishable way to put it. In realty JXL has been on one of the highest request in Interop for at least 2 if not 3 years, and both Microsoft Edge and Safari have spoken about frustration of "certain features" not being implemented despite high number of votes.