Author:  ChrstphrR  Posted:  Feb 14, 2024 14:40  Subject:  Allow/use WEBP image format for images on BL  Viewed:  77 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Open  Vote: [Yes|No] Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card ChrstphrR (1) Location:  Canada, Ontario Member Since Contact Type Status Feb 18, 2023 Seller   Store: 100-Acre-Wood Stash

BrickLink needs to use webp image format. I've noticed the beta version of the site is displaying PNG format images, and the O.G. site is using SVG images where possible to save on data transfer. webp images will, in general, be smaller than any of JPEG, PNG, or GIF. I've made this suggestion to the dev team at Trello years ago, and... they did take a long time to implement it, and even had replied saying it was a low priority. But they did, within the year, and ... it has a host of benefits. - this image format supports both lossy and lossless image compression - transparency/alpha-channel support - well developed libraries to implement webp into BrickLink's codebase have been around for a decade - wide file support on most modern web browsers the past decade - much smaller file sizes than JPEG, PNG, or GIF This last one matters most: - webhosting costs would be reduced (bandwidth both up and down) - file limits, file size limits could be relaxed for users - smaller files mean that the pages sent to browsers can render faster, giving the user a better, faster experience Please consider adding webp support. Even if it's only pushed into the newer beta interface!

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Re: Allow/use WEBP image format for images on BL - DanialR (83)

[...] WEBP is not all it is cracked up to be. Google has made a number of claims about the format that have not shown to be true in the real world. While it has some great [...] (3 months ago, Feb 15, 2024, to Suggestions)

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