Comments on: Google Announces New Image Format – Welcome, WebP! https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/google-announces-new-image-format-welcome-webp/ A look at how trends in communication technology impact individuals and organizations. Wed, 08 Feb 2023 22:15:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Tweets that mention Google Announces New Image Format – Welcome, WebP! | Christian Web Trends Blog -- Topsy.com https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/google-announces-new-image-format-welcome-webp/#comment-266520 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:27:12 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=2840#comment-266520 […] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Richard, Richard. Richard said: New blog post at the @OurChurchDotCom Blog: Google Announces New Image Format – Welcome, WebP! http://goo.gl/HcGy […]

]]> By: RichardWard https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/google-announces-new-image-format-welcome-webp/#comment-266502 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:01:57 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=2840#comment-266502 In reply to Chris Huff.

Chris, I definitely agree. PNG certainly had its own problems, specifically with transparency. The development community as a whole seems to be embracing the WebP format for now, but I certainly agree with your comment that it's going to take some time before it sees widespread use.

]]> By: Chris Huff https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/google-announces-new-image-format-welcome-webp/#comment-266392 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:40:38 +0000 https://www.ourchurch.com/blog/?p=2840#comment-266392 If the new format proves to decrease file sizes consistently, and is supported by all the major browsers, then I could very much see myself optimizing my websites with the new format. But that's going to be awhile. When the PNG format was introduced several years back, it took a long time for designers to really get comfortable using it, especially since IE wasn't rendering its colors the same as everyone else. After a javascript hack was discovered to fix alpha transparency and such for IE, web designers started using it a lot more, but it's probably still not as widely used as jpeg. All this to say, WepP seems like a promising new format, but I'm sure it's going to be awhile until it finds widespread use. But, sure, I'll give it a chance!

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