alt Hacker NewsWatching the example image load I had this flashback of the past, where images were 256 color interlaced GIFs, downloading slowly, line by line...
Watching the example image load I had this flashback of the past, where images were 256 color interlaced GIFs, downloading slowly, line by line...
I have a feeling that progressive loaders got downgraded along the way for whatever reason. I remember seeing progressive JPEGs and PNGs also load... progressively. JPEG even often had a grayscale-like first layer.