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Re:Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110 by lifthrasiir on Sunday October 30, 2022 @10:02PM (#33401227)
There are actually good reasons for not shipping JPEG XL in web browsers, but the comment doesn't list one. In particular it compares JPEG XL with "existing formats", which seemingly include AVIF, but almost identical arguments could have been used to not ship AVIF in web browsers after all. Essentially it says that they happened to pick AVIF for no apparent reason and because of that they can't pick JPEG XL for no apparent reason again. The comment lacks substances, if not dishonest.
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Re:Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110 by bawolff on Monday October 31, 2022 @06:02AM (#33403769)
> Essentially it says that they happened to pick AVIF for no apparent reason and because of that they can't pick JPEG XL for no apparent reason again

Sounds pretty valid to me. Sometimes you just have to pick a solution. Having every possible format supported does not make sense. If AVIF fills the usecase, no point having both.

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Re:Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110 by lifthrasiir on Monday October 31, 2022 @06:17AM (#33403869)
If it was the case, it is enough to say that. They didn't.
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Re:Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110 by google234123 on Monday October 31, 2022 @06:18PM (#33414094)
Everyone else support the other format? No one supports JXL
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Re:Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110 by yboris on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @09:22AM (#33420821)
It would make sense for Chrome not to include JPEG XL in the first place with some list of explicit reasons. It does not make sense to implement it, hide behind a flag, and then remove, claiming there is not enough interest -- when there's no way to reliably gauge interest from this "experiment".
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Re:Google set to deprecate JPEG XL support in Chrome 110 by lifthrasiir on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @10:52AM (#33421988)
Indeed, the proper way to gauge the interest would be Origin Trial (OT), as noted by one of Blink API owners [1] who is also responsible for Edge at Microsoft.

[1] https://twitter.com/slightlylate/status/1587030785197953024

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