alt Hacker NewsAh, Chrome ships JXL when we already have a better codec for the web!
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lern_too_spel • yesterday at 5:01 PM
PDF standardized on JPEG XL, and Chrome ships with a PDF renderer.
Ah, Chrome ships JXL when we already have a better codec for the web!
PDF standardized on JPEG XL, and Chrome ships with a PDF renderer.
AV1 is not necessarily a better codec for the web. It’s just that its encoders have been continuously improving while those of JPEG XL weren’t seeing much attention, so they fell behind. The format might be better overall, but we won’t know for sure until the encoders catch up.