[fbbbbb]

I was mildly surprised when John Carmack retweeted the original tweet. https://twitter.com/smashingmag/status/675624576630571009

The state of the image (jpeg artifacts), was a dead giveaway that the comparison is worthless.

[pavel_lishin]

> a dead giveaway that the comparison is worthless.

Worthless to anyone who understand both how the NES and JPEGs work, but pretty worthwhile to someone who's just learning about it.

[codyb]

Yea, and the reference links were interesting too. The LZSS youtube video was an enjoyable watch.

[venning]

To be fair, the original tweet references "website weight" which is dependent on generic image formats, as the author here addresses. Being limited to generic image formats does add a lot of weight to sites, but also means all browsers can view them.