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by RcouF1uZ4gsC 2327 days ago
Seems really cool. It seems that the biggest gatekeepers for image formats are Apple and Google because of iPhone/Safari and Android/Chrome.

Basically, if you want to be able to easily view the image on a mobile device or on the web, the format needs their blessing.
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taneq 2327 days ago
They have a demo using a prototype browser polyfill so you could arguably use it right now at the cost of slightly higher CPU usage. Depending on your data connection it could even end up using less battery on mobile due to reduced radio usage.
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gtirloni 2327 days ago
Well, Chromium is open source so it's open to anyone to implement it.
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Polylactic_acid 2327 days ago
Its about as useful as sending a politician an email. Technically the option exists but its not of much use.
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nine_k 2327 days ago
Is it easy to get your PR merged if it introduces support for a new image format?
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