The #Mapbox sprite on my photo site weights 222 kB:
https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/ui/thumbnails/sprite@2x.png
I would like to serve it with #Cloudinary to enhance performance, as this PNG sprite will fast get heavier with new photos.
If you agree, please vote! https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js/issues/11379
JPEG XL vs AVIF for web use-cases
I'll go into full detail, with examples and benchmarks, but for those of you who don't have the time, here are [2 of] the headlines: For lossy photos…
JPEG XL isn't useless; it is genuinely compelling technology for use cases beyond the Web. I'm just not personally convinced we need it in browsers…
The present and potential future of progressive image rendering
So if the browser manages to download 6 kB then stalls, then AVIF can produce a better result. But since the AVIF rendering is only two-pass, if the…
kliksphilip
JPEG VS AVIF - The Battle of Compression
In this super thorough study I test one single HD image and come to vast sweeping conclusions about JPEG XL and AVIF. But that's still one image comparison…
Should I please Lighthouse with modern image formats, or my visitors with progressive rendering of large images in my photography site? 🤔
Of course, this would be much easier with genaralized JPEG XL support, both modern and allowing progressive… 🤷♂️
Jake Archibald
Gianni Rosato
