Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110

Re:Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110 by bawolff on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:42PM (#33400261)

I dont see why its so odd. Looks like it was behind a feature flag. I imagine the time came where someone had to make a go/no-go call, and they decided no-go.

It wouldnt make sense to keep it as a feature flag forever, and once it is not a feature flag it becomes much harder to backout.

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Re:Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110 by Avamander on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:17AM (#33403507)

> It wouldnt make sense to keep it as a feature flag forever, and once it is not a feature flag it becomes much harder to backout

They didn't struggle with removing H2 PUSH though.

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Re:Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110 by bawolff on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:56AM (#33403735)

I mean, you're still talking about it, now, much later. If it was really no struggle people would have forgot about it at this point.

H2 push is also something that degrades much more gracefully if missing compared to an image codec.

Nonetheless, people haved removed image codecs before (rip XBM). Harder is not the same as impossible.

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Re:Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110 by Avamander on Monday October 31, 2022 @06:29AM (#33403957)

True, because I saw how it was just being added to software/frameworks. Some parts of the web move slower than Google expects, I have a feeling.

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