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Oh please Google, I know you're listening: Transcode the cached images into WebP for Chrome and compatible mobile apps. Seems like a very, very good opportunity
by d0ugie 13y ago
Oh please Google, I know you're listening: Transcode the cached images into WebP for Chrome and compatible mobile apps. Seems like a very, very good opportunity to evangelize the format and push it another notch toward ubiquity (while saving lots of bytes and improving email experiences)...
- fleitz 13y agoYes, this is a good idea, hotmail should do the same to promote whatever MS is promoting ATM.
- snogglethorpe 13y agoTo be fair, MS's "new image format" (JPEG XR) actually seems quite a bit better than Google's "new image format" (WebP)... JPEG XR actually adds significant features like OpenEXR- and radiance-compatible HDR encoding, whereas WebP is basically the same old 1980s functionality with better compression. So while there's something slightly sketchy about doing this, I'd say the world would benefit more from MS doing it than from Google doing it... [I use gmail and other Google stuff, and have an Android phone, and generally hate MS, but it's very hard to be enthusiastic about WebP...]
- mnutt 13y agoThe article doesn't mention it, but the proxy IS transcoding the cached images. However, there are many instances where the resulting images are larger and/or look worse than the originals.