Re:Why JPEGs Still Rule the Web After 30 Years (2024)
by troupo on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @07:12AM
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> HEIC is good,
It's not. Support is still surprisingly patchy, and it takes a second or so to decode and show the image even on a modern M* Mac. Compared to instant PNG.
> I have a whole bunch of .HEIC photos and I'd really like if Windows Explorer didn't freeze for literal minutes when I open a folder with them.
It's not. Support is still surprisingly patchy, and it takes a second or so to decode and show the image even on a modern M* Mac. Compared to instant PNG.
> I have a whole bunch of .HEIC photos and I'd really like if Windows Explorer didn't freeze for literal minutes when I open a folder with them.
Indeed.