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Re:WebP: The WebPage Compression Format by BugsJustFindMe on Sunday September 08, 2024 @12:54AM (#41478286)
You can, and then when someone uses an icon font instead of graphics their page breaks.
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Re:WebP: The WebPage Compression Format by Dalewyn on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:19AM (#41478348)
Skill issue.

Pictures are pictures, text is text. <img> tag exists for a reason.

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Re:WebP: The WebPage Compression Format by lenkite on Sunday September 08, 2024 @04:09AM (#41478948)
Its a convenience packaging issue. An icon font is simply more convenient to handle. <img> tags for a hundred images requires more work.

Icon fonts are used all over the place - look at the terminal nowadays. Most TUI's require an icon font to be installed.

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Re:WebP: The WebPage Compression Format by Dalewyn on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:47PM (#41481849)
><img> tags for a hundred images requires more work.

So it's a skill issue.

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Re:WebP: The WebPage Compression Format by est on Sunday September 08, 2024 @07:40AM (#41479811)
I believe many Web APIs can be enabled/disabled on a website basis, no?
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