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On a sidenote, why use JPEGs for screenshots? It makes text look awful, use PNG already. http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-bl

On a sidenote, why use JPEGs for screenshots? It makes text look awful, use PNG already. http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-00-38-71-metablogapi/0576.aiedc_2D00_image2_5F00_551x320.jpeg http://blogs.msdn.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/communit... I see this problem in almost all MSDN blogs, must be part of a convoluted CMS workflow or something.

TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago
I assume that their blog app just compresses everything as a JPEG and nobody ever bothered to change it.
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drzaiusapelord 12y ago
File size I imagine. Typically, a PNG will be 4 or 5x the size of a low/mid quality jpg. 31kb vs 150kb when you're delivering a bazillion pages makes a difference if you don't have the bandwidth. Granted, that seems quaint nowadays, but maybe MS doesn't give two shits about making sure the blogs have the bandwidth and resources they need for nicer looking graphics.
- squeaky-clean 12y ago
  Actually, for pictures of text, a PNG is usually 1/2 or 1/3 the size of a jpeg. Try taking a screenshot of a hacker new's comment section and saving it as PNG or jpeg and check the results.
- spaceoff 12y ago
  Actually, for images with very few colours (such as screenshots), PNG usually has significantly smaller file sizes than JPEG...
- frankydp 12y ago
  Or they could use WebP and get the best of both worlds. O wait...http://status.modern.ie/?term=webp http://status.modern.ie/?term=webp
  - pornel 12y ago
    or an ISO/ITU-T standard: JPEG-XR, which they do support already? http://ie.microsoft.com/TEStdrive/Graphics/ImageSupport/Default.html http://ie.microsoft.com/TEStdrive/Graphics/ImageSupport/Defa...
nhebb 12y ago
Maybe because it's resized down. In contrast to what others have replied, I personally find PNG file sizes to be horrible for thumbnails - even after running through optipng.

TazeTSchnitzel 12y ago

I assume that their blog app just compresses everything as a JPEG and nobody ever bothered to change it.

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drzaiusapelord 12y ago

File size I imagine. Typically, a PNG will be 4 or 5x the size of a low/mid quality jpg. 31kb vs 150kb when you're delivering a bazillion pages makes a difference if you don't have the bandwidth. Granted, that seems quaint nowadays, but maybe MS doesn't give two shits about making sure the blogs have the bandwidth and resources they need for nicer looking graphics.

squeaky-clean 12y ago
Actually, for pictures of text, a PNG is usually 1/2 or 1/3 the size of a jpeg. Try taking a screenshot of a hacker new's comment section and saving it as PNG or jpeg and check the results.
spaceoff 12y ago
Actually, for images with very few colours (such as screenshots), PNG usually has significantly smaller file sizes than JPEG...
frankydp 12y ago
Or they could use WebP and get the best of both worlds. O wait...http://status.modern.ie/?term=webp http://status.modern.ie/?term=webp
- pornel 12y ago
  or an ISO/ITU-T standard: JPEG-XR, which they do support already? http://ie.microsoft.com/TEStdrive/Graphics/ImageSupport/Default.html http://ie.microsoft.com/TEStdrive/Graphics/ImageSupport/Defa...

nhebb 12y ago

Maybe because it's resized down. In contrast to what others have replied, I personally find PNG file sizes to be horrible for thumbnails - even after running through optipng.