[adzm]

Web browsers already have code in place for webp (lossless,vp8) and avif (av1, which also supports animation), as well as classic jpeg and png, and maybe also HEIC (hevc/h265)... what benefit do we have by adding yet another file format if all the use cases are already covered by the existing formats? That said, I do like JPEG-XL, but I also kind of understand the hesitation to adopt it too. I imagine if Apple's push for it continues, then it is just a matter of time to get supported more broadly in Chrome etc.

[Dylan16807]

Avif is cute but using that as an excuse to not add jxl is a travesty. At the time either one of those could have been added, jxl should have been the choice.

The biggest benefit is that it's actually designed as an image format. All the video offshoots have massive compromises made so they can be decoded in 15 milliseconds in hardware.

The ability to shrink old jpegs with zero generation loss is pretty good too.

[eviks]

The benefits are better quality, higher speed, and more features like progressive decoding. JXL is a single multi-trick pony unlike the others

Good summary https://cloudinary.com/blog/time_for_next_gen_codecs_to_deth...