Google adds WebP support to Gmail, Picasa and Chrome

[lovinglinux]

I am surprised nobody mentioned this yet.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/23/webp_format_in_chrome_gmail_picasa/

For more info on WebP, check the old thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1585577) about the first release of the open source format.

There is an interesting discussion on bugzilla about why Mozilla isn't adopting it yet: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600919

[jamesjenner]

man, reading that bugzilla log has lost me half an hour of my life I won't be getting back.

It's interesting their POV as to why not to add it, but it's also interesting the counter arguments. Not sure which side to side with so I will remain a fence sitter but I suspect I'm leaning towards the camp that are pushing to provide support for the format.

[lovinglinux]

man, reading that bugzilla log has lost me half an hour of my life I won't be getting back.

It's interesting their POV as to why not to add it, but it's also interesting the counter arguments. Not sure which side to side with so I will remain a fence sitter but I suspect I'm leaning towards the camp that are pushing to provide support for the format.

Yeah, I had the same feeling.