News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Squoosh: Make images smaller using best-in-class codecs, right in the browser. Parent comment

Re:Squoosh: Make images smaller using best-in-class codecs, ... by alpaca128 on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:27AM (#26993896)
> You could denote the difference with a sign, like “-30%” but that still confuses people

How? This doesn't seem to be a problem whenever a shop runs a sale.

You could write "shrunk by/to x%". Or, to stay with the app's theme, "Squooshed by 30%!"

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Squoosh: Make images smaller using best-in-class codecs, ... by iudqnolq on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:07PM (#26995267)
> This doesn't seem to be a problem whenever a shop runs a sale.

Maybe because they don't mind people misinterpreting the sale as larger? I've never seen 30% off mean "30% of the original price", so if people misinterpret it will always be too small.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Squoosh: Make images smaller using best-in-class codecs, ... by developit on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:54AM (#26994223)
my unhelpful take is that I like both
[ Parent | on HN ]