Comment on JPEG is Dying - And that's a bad thing (JPEG XL vs. AVIF)
Korkki@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Actually never heard of JPEG XL, but i would prefer it for the promise of backwards compatibility alone. There are still programs and sites that don’t support using AVIF (much less WEBP ptui!).
kevindqc@lemmy.world 2 months ago
cm0002@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s not backwards compatibility, what you described is forwards compatibility (Which is a thing, but not very common)
Backwards compatibility is meaning that anything built to support JPEG XL will be able to render “classic” JPEG just fine without any extra effort
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s not at all what backward compatibility is. What you’re saying is that a PlayStation 2 isn’t backwards compatible because a PlayStation 1 can’t play PlayStation 2 games; it makes literally no sense.