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crazygringoyesterday at 7:08 PM3 repliesview on HN

> Crappy as a .jpg, only bigger.

Honestly, that's exactly what it sounds like to me too. I know it's not, but it's still what it sounds like. And it's just way too many letters total. When we have "giff" and "ping" as one-syllable names, "jay-peg-ex-ell" is unfortunate.

Really should have been an entirely new name, rather than extending what is already an ugly acronym.


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sillysaurusxyesterday at 7:16 PM

I’ll never not say pee-en-gee. You’re right though.

NekkoDroidyesterday at 7:43 PM

I always have called it PNG pee-en-ji, and JPEG XL for me has p much all the time been jay-x-el.