Re: [whatwg] Arithmetic coded JPEGs

2016-12-06 Thread David Singer
I think arithmetic coding is more problematic than you think, from a deployment and usage point of view. Yes, it does save some bits, but alas minimum size is not what people optimize JPEG encoding for; they are much more interested in maximum compatibility. Much hardware support doesn’t includ

Re: [whatwg] Arithmetic coded JPEGs

2016-12-02 Thread Domenic Denicola
Hi Evgeny, and welcome to the list! From: whatwg [mailto:whatwg-boun...@lists.whatwg.org] On Behalf Of Evgeny Vrublevsky > Unfortunately, browsers still don't support arithmetic JPEG officially. Is > this a right place to start a discussion if it is possible to change it? This is a reasonable