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> and then major vulnerabilities were introduced and there was a huge backlash against JXL. Has that ever stopped any of the previous unsafe stuff? Seems like
by eviks 2mo ago
> and then major vulnerabilities were introduced and there was a huge backlash against JXL.
Has that ever stopped any of the previous unsafe stuff?
Seems like this would be the same - we'd just see faster adoption of the better format without browser limits
- Macha 2mo agoArguably killed WebSQL and Java applets, for some past examples. Currently it's why WebUSB is not getting picked up by Safari/Firefox.
- Dylan16807 2mo agoJava applets were massively harder to secure than an image decoder and died in a very different era. I don't remember security being an issue with WebSQL. The big complaint was about getting locked too tightly to SQLite's implementation details. I see the security issues with WebUSB as not wanting to step into a minefield, which is pretty different from adding one more C++ library.
- account42 2mo agoNotably, it did not stop webp and avif.