Oh and now that I can post messages again (I don't know why, Google Groups was just keeping throwing errors at me), here is what I wanted to post when they devs blocked the bug comments:
Hi! Since it's the second time a bug is closed to comments on the subject of WebP, and we've been encouraged to open a new thread here, I'm doing it. So there are a lot of facts, I'll try to sum them up. Pros: ----- * Alpha transparency * Lossy compression * Better results than JPEG * Animation * Open source * Backed by Google * Already supported in Chrome and Opera * Used in known web sites and apps like Facebook and Netflix * Web developers show a great interest in this format Cons: ----- * Not _that_ better than JPEG * Yet another non-standard image format * Maybe another incoming format is better (JPEG-XT, lossypng, mozjpeg, Daala, ...) Benches: -------- * http://frdx.free.fr/png_vs_webp.htm Articles: --------- * Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/chicken-meets-egg-with-facebook-chrome-webp-support/ * mozjpeg: https://blog.mozilla.org/research/2014/03/05/introducing-the-mozjpeg-project/ * WebPJS: http://webpjs.appspot.com/ Bugs: ----- 600919: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600919 856375: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=856375 My opinion: ----------- I think Mozilla is doing it wrong. Internet is organic and even though they shouldn't implement all the possible formats in the world, they should at least implement formats that are demanded by their users. In the end, it's also possible to remove support for a format (and it will provoke as much trolls in the bugtracker anyway). It makes three and a half years now that WebP has been entered in the bugtracker, and Mozilla still has the same "wait-and-see" attitude that is becoming quite frustrating in the end. I don't know why it's not listed in the popular bugs (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=productdashboard.html&product=Firefox&bug_status=open&tab=popularity) but just the second bug (#856375) arrives in second position in term of number of votes and also in term of number of watchers (apparently also in term of comments). So I agree with the Mozilla devs that are against WebP: WebP isn't the ultimate best solution for the far future. But it's a damn good right solution for today's problems. Thanks for reading me until here. Creak _______________________________________________ dev-media mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-media
