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Sander_Marechal

Oct 02, 2010
3:21 AM EDT 		I like the idea of WebP (although the name sucks IMHO). It promises a big bonus for the web: alpha layer transparency. JPEG can't do that. PNG can, but PNG files are big because it's lossless, not lossy.

Now if some smart people come up with a way of storing lossless images in files as small as JPEG of WebP....
jezuch

Oct 02, 2010
9:54 AM EDT
Quoting:although the name sucks IMHO


At least it's consistent with WebM.

Quoting:Now if some smart people come up with a way of storing lossless images in files as small as JPEG of WebP....


I don't think the theory of information gives you much hope here :) Although PNG is a very conservative approach (in the spirit of "correct is better than fast") so we cold have some progress here, if someone is willing to take the pain of pushing a new standard (Google again?).
tuxchick

Oct 02, 2010
2:29 PM EDT 		It's 'cause they didn't think of httpoo first.
Sander_Marechal

Oct 04, 2010
3:14 AM EDT 		@TC, well... Google has SPDY instead of HTTP....
jacog

Oct 05, 2010
4:42 AM EDT 		SPDY Gonçalves, the fastest mouse in the west?

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