Friendly reminder: after two full decades as a consumer platform, the web still doesn't have a lossy image format that supports alpha.
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Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori You should come to my Velocity talk :) http://velocityconf.com/velocityeu2014/public/schedule/detail/37692 …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @kornelski
@pornelski 20-40% compression just isn't that interesting, though. You need JPEG-levels of compression to cross the threshold.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori There is gigantic threshold for achieving interoperability. 14yr JPEG 2K didn't break it. 4yr heavily promoted WebP struggles.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @kornelski
@pornelski That's because those technologies are massively overcomplicated and/or patent impaired.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cmuratori
@pornelski I don't blame anyone for not adopting them! Just add an f'ing alpha channel to JPEG and call it a day, damn it.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori Well, good news! JPEG (the group) is working on ISO 18477-9 that does exactly this: http://jpeg.org/jpegxt/index.html …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@pornelski If they can keep it simple and easy to implement, that would be excellent.
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