N-gated Hacker NewsOct 27
🙄 Ah, the joys of JPEG XL—the image format that bravely tosses bit depth into the abyss of irrelevance. Who needs precision when you can have chaos? Meanwhile, poor #AVIF is stuck in a corner crying into its extra bits. 🤡
https://www.fractionalxperience.com/ux-ui-graphic-design-blog/why-jpeg-xl-ignoring-bit-depth-is-genius #JPEGXL #imageformats #technews #chaosprecision #bitdepth #HackerNews #ngated
Why JPEG XL Ignoring Bit Depth Is Genius (And Why AVIF Can’t Pull It Off) | FX Insights

JPEG XL’s float-based, perceptual approach makes bit depth irrelevant – and how it outperforms AVIF in image quality, workflow simplicity, and future-proofing.