Google Guetzli – a new open source JPEG encoder

Why?

They should have focused more on Webp and ensure all browsers support webp out of the box not just chrome. Webp made an incredible difference in my sites' performance.
 
Thor187 said:
Why?

They should have focused more on Webp and ensure all browsers support webp out of the box not just chrome. Webp made an incredible difference in my sites' performance.
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Because JPEG isn't just used on the web? Email, document storage, digital cameras...
 
20 x 24 pixel zoomed areas from a picture of a cat’s eye. Uncompressed original on the left. Guetzli (on the right) shows less ringing artefacts than libjpeg (middle) without requiring a larger file size.
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You need younger eyes than mine to see the difference :p
 
I honestly can't see why anyone would bother with this. Looking at the images Guetzli throws away a lot of the colour information, the image's dynamic range looks a lot flatter. If I was looking at getting a reduced file size I would rather use libjpeg at a lower quality setting.

Unless mybb mixed up the images in which case my opinion is null and void. :p
 
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