Rise of JPEG XL: Apple's Support and Image Compression Insights
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Significance of Apple's support for JPEG XL and what this means for the widespread adoption of this next-generation image compression format.

JPEG XL development began in 2018, when the JPEG committee launched a call for proposals on next-generation image compression, to which seven proposals were submitted. Of the seven two stood out: Google’s PIK and Cloudinary’s FUIF proposal. The ingredients from both proposals were eventually combined and refined to design a new codec that was better than the sum of its parts.

[…]adoption of JPEG XL continued, in particular in image authoring software like Serif Affinity, Adobe Camera Raw, GIMP, Krita, etc. Unfortunately, Chrome’s decision has slowed wider adoption in web browsers of JPEG XL.

On June 5, 2023, at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC23), a slide was presented listing new features of the Safari browser, and “JPEG XL” was on the slide. Not only is Safari 17 adding JPEG XL support, the new versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS will support JPEG XL.

  • Targox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s not often that Apple is the first to release a web based feature through Safari, but I’m glad they did. Let’s hope it catches on fast because it’s success solely depends on browser support.