Dear @firefox : Please stop saving images as webp when I drag them out of the browser. Forever stop that. Even if they are webp originally, just give me a setting to auto-convert them to JPEG. When I get a webp file the first thing I have to do is convert it manually if I’m going to do *anything* with it.
When I save an image, I want the exact same binary 1:1, not a recompressed one or whatever, I want the original picture, be it jpeg/png/webp, every graphics program can open webp, nothing wrong with it.
At least if you hate webp, convert them to png, but not jpeg…
@Frederic An optional setting would allow you the freedom to continue enjoying 1:1 binaries. :)
webp is a great format though…
Too bad so many platforms are not compatible with it. I am constantly having to convert the image type to post the image.
thats on the platforms not the format
Not really. It is better than shitty JPEG encoders but not really much better than good ones. It’s lossless was fairly good but still barely worth it. Really we should chuck it for JPEG XL but Google is strong-arming it for unknown reasons.
jpegxl should be the successor, granted - but that doesn’t make webp any less good
No, but it also doesn’t make it any good to start with.
Exactly, great quality and small file sizes. Perfect to reduce web bloat, or loading times when using things like FoundryVTT
Okay all the hate about webp or jpg aside: This should at most be an add-on not a core FF feature. And it also is: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/save-webp-as-png-or-jpeg/
WebP images are not bad. Not great, but not bad. The lossless mode is quite good. It is on the software you use to support WebP.
What are you using that can’t handle webp by now?
Facebook Messenger on android. I hate messenger but that’s where my Luddite family hangs out. Often have to convert the webp meme I downloaded from lemmy first.
Ouch. Keep up, meta.
Just screenshot instead of download and convert.
We live in a society with rules. What you’re suggesting is anarchy!
Sometimes anarchy makes more sense.
This post is why we can’t have nice things
There is an addon to request jpeg. But converting lossy…why?
only a kludge, not a fix: Don’t Accept image/webp
I might have to try that. I’ve been using Save webP as, though I’m not sure it’s exactly what OP is asking. I like that it also does animated webp conversion.
(same developer for both addons)
Oh neat, I didn’t even notice haha
Webpee is more Google shit being forced down our throats. They absolutely will eventually phase out all other graphic formats on Chrome. These giant tech companies are breaking the Web and this is just another example of them throwing their weight around.
I like it, it’s much smaller than PNG and JPG for the same quality. I save all my images as webp.
jxl can’t come fast enough.
I prefer PNG because of losless-nes (is that right?). If it’s jpeg, or webp originally, i don’t mind getting the image in that format. But converting/recompression is bad.
It should be spelt “losslessness”. “lossless” is an adjective and when you add “-ness” to an adjective it becomes a noun.
I prefer PNG because it losslessly compresses raster images.
I prefer PNG because it uses a lossless algorithm.
I prefer PNG because I love losslessness.
After turning the word into a noun though, you’ll need to know how to turn it back into an adjective. We use “-less” to turn the noun into an adjective.
I prefer PNG because it losslessnesslessly compresses raster images.
I prefer PNG because it uses a losslessnessless algorithm.
I prefer PNG because I love losslessnesslessness.
@MisterMoo @firefox Echoing this!!! Stop it with webp entirely!!! NONE of the applications I use accept webp as input where images need to be uploaded! Not even Discord!
I was looking for a fix that didn’t involve yet another extension, but only found how to block webp entirely which would just result in broken image links. Sadly i also found that this is a security vulnerability, likely deliberate for data harvesting, and has been a problem for FOUR YEARS. It’s only the incidence that is picking up now.
I want youtube downloads to stop being in webm. I set my gui app that downloads to prefer mp4 even if it’s lower quality. I will do the same with my command line tools when I get around to it or get frustrated enough that they aren’t supported by QuickLook on my Mac.
@MisterMoo @firefox I use the extension “Don’t accept image/webp” don’t know if that would help for your use case. but it does do it for the right click/saveas
