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CodesInChaostoday at 3:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

> Now that WebP is widely supported by browsers and operating systems, there's really no downside to using it. It's much more flexible than JPEG or PNG and offers better compression than both of them.

I'd probably skip WebP, and go straight to AVIF at this point. I believe all modern browsers support it, and it compresses better than WebP.


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pseudosavanttoday at 4:47 PM

TIL that AVIF has been supported across all browsers since January 2024. Definitely looks like something I can start using.

AndrewStephenstoday at 3:38 PM

> I'd probably skip WebP, and go straight to AVIF now.

That is my assessment as well. The compression ratios with AVIF are ridiculous compared to older formats.