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by anon1385 4244 days ago
Non-Mozilla technologies are not welcome in Firefox and never have been.

That is why we have been stuck for 15 years without a lossy image format that supports transparency (meanwhile they put lots of effort into supporting an animated png format that was invented by Mozilla that nobody else in the world cares about or uses). Mozilla's NIH syndrome holds back the web.
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tedmielczarek 4243 days ago
This is demonstrably untrue, as we've implemented a number of specs that originated elsewhere. (WebAudio, WebRTC). Just because something has a spec doesn't mean it is sensible to implement, however. As Vlad points out, there's no mobile implementation of that technology, so it doesn't make sense for us to push it, especially when there's an alternative spec that does have traction.

As for image formats, there was a table going around Twitter that I can't find now showing implementation of new image formats by browser. Basically Google implemented WebP, Microsoft implemented JPEG XR, and Apple implemented JPEG2000 (IIRC). There is no consensus in that space.

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anon1385 4243 days ago
>As for image formats, there was a table going around Twitter that I can't find now showing implementation of new image formats by browser. Basically Google implemented WebP, Microsoft implemented JPEG XR, and Apple implemented JPEG2000 (IIRC). There is no consensus in that space.

There is no consensus because Mozilla have spent the last 15 years rejecting every proposed format. Mozilla (repeatedly) rejected JPEG2000 long before Chrome even existed, so you can hardly cite Chrome's lack of support as an excuse for your inaction.

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