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Re:PNG Is Back by sdenton4 on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @11:30AM (#44378454)
Looking at TFA, it's placing in the spec a few things that are already widely stacked onto the format (such as animation). This is a very sensible update, and backwards compatible with existing PNG.
Re:PNG Is Back by illiac786 on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @11:39AM (#44378545)
Not sure expanding PNG capabilities is sensible, looking at the overall landscape of image formats.
Re:PNG Is Back by dveditz_ on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @03:39PM (#44381140)
The capabilities are already expanded in most common implementations. This update is largely blessing those features as officially "standard".