In case you missed the news, there's a critical 0day in WebP (a heap buffer overflow in the libwepb library) floating about, which was initially issued as
  • simple@lemm.ee
    365·
    2 years ago

    Webp is pretty good actually, not their fault many apps don’t support it.

    Would be even nicer if we can get JPEG XL off the ground though

    • Tibert@compuverse.uk
      111·
      2 years ago

      If Google didn’t remove it from their browser… Not sure in how much time, if ever, jpeg xl would become popular.

      • simple@lemm.ee
        12·
        2 years ago

        They’re thinking about bringing it back after Apple said they’ll support it.

    • BorgDrone@lemmy.oneEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      Really? What does it add that isn’t already done better by other formats? WebP is just Google having not-invented-here syndrome.

      • chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net
        5·
        2 years ago

        If memory serves, one of the main selling point that was presented was that WebP was able to compress an image better while retaining more visually relevant information than JPEG.

        • BorgDrone@lemmy.one
          2·
          2 years ago

          It has better compression than libjpeg, but that’s not due to the file format. There are other JPEG libraries that give similar or slightly better results than libwebp.

        • voxel@sopuli.xyz
          2·
          2 years ago

          png fully supports animations (great for short animations but as it’s not a video format file size explodes exponentially as you make animations longer and the resolution larger. it’s good enough as a replacement for typical jifs tho)