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Yet Another New Image Format

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tue Feb 23, 1999 01:04 PM
from the but-we-still-use-gif dept.

An anonymous reader sent us a link to a PC World story that talks about a new wavelet based image compression algorithm that (you guessed) produces smaller images at a higher quality. As usual, I'll believe it when IE and NS integrate support for it and webmasters use it. I bet we're still using gifs and jpegs years from now. What a crock.

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OK, I'll bite by Industrial Disease (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:39PM
It is not a croc.. by Axe (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:17PM
Further questions by Industrial Disease (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:33PM
No, it's a fair question by I.P. Freely (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:29PM
this is the OLDEST news i have ever seen! by Frédéric (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @05:34AM
Alpha male by k8to (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:35PM
The more interesting question by chaotic (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:20PM
Alpha transparency by slew (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:10PM
Another Source Option by CodeShark (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @12:43PM
My Opensource Wavelet compressor: GWIC by jole (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:29PM
PNG support by Timothy J. Wood (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @10:45PM
reality check by spitzak (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @04:39PM
Wrong.. by Axe (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:22PM
prolly right... (anyone remember QPEG?) by Erik Hollensbe (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @09:49AM
So, is it open? by six (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @01:15AM
not very smart by planet_hoth (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @05:40AM
So, is it open? by edgy (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:08PM
compression 101 by pohl (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:14PM
Image Packs and patterns against each other by Sludge (Score:1) Thursday February 25 1999, @04:18PM
idiocy by veggiespam (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:59PM
"What a crock."-ur hurting the reputation of crock by gavinhall (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:03PM
PNG -- it's out there. by Tomahawk (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @03:16AM
compression 101 by slew (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:30PM
What would it take to have an OSS wavelet codec? by Ice Tiger (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @03:51AM
No Subject Given by drwiii (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:34PM
idiocy by veggiespam (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @06:39AM
Brand new format! Better than JPEG! by DHartung (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:46PM
very, very lossy by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:34PM
Image Packs by Sludge (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:59PM
.fit yet another one! by Radiation (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:22PM
LATENCY and waste is the problem... by Sleepy (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:32PM
"either-or" by Pascal Q. Porcupine (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:45PM
No loss, no compression by chaotic (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:11PM
can I question the duck? by chaotic (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:42PM
No, It's Not Open by jsproul (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:43PM
Here's where you can download there viewer... by Amoeba Protozoa (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @06:22PM
Wavelet compression is the future by zigzag (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:07PM
I take it back by pohl (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:02PM
what if the details are "noisy?" by chaotic (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:14PM
ok by me by chaotic (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:20PM
So, is it open? by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:19PM
nope... by Axe (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:22PM
Wavelet Compression, etc. by CodeShark (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:43PM
If anyone would support you using PNG... by LadyNymphaea (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:35PM
Not new, not proprietary by Jay Bratcher (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @04:07PM
Get a brain, idiot. by EnglishTim (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:01PM
Old browser by Ranger Rick (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @04:21PM
JPG supports regional focus too, in theory by FrankS (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @11:04PM
yup by chaotic (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:28PM
The trouble with proprietary formats... by Matts (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:20PM
Wavelet compression is astonishingly good... by Chris Johnson (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @05:16PM
Wavelet compression is astonishingly good... by Bio (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:55PM
prolly right... by MoNsTeR (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:12PM
Actually.... by binarydreams (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:28PM
this is old by displague (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:02PM
Let's all ask them... by pohl (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:31PM
proprietary by MattCorby (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @04:10PM
Netscape: How to override plugin for PNG? by Chelloveck (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @06:09AM
ROC discussions by jab (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:28PM
Bullshit... by DHartung (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:51PM
agreed by chaotic (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:02PM
NIH is good! by chaotic (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @05:34PM
How's 'bout dis... by gavinhall (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:29PM
PNG -- it's out there. by ProZac (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:52PM
Further questions by Industrial Disease (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:20PM
Its like fractals by CopiceC (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @07:46PM
proprietary intellectual property by juels (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:47PM
Not quite -> As usual...you guys miss the point by deusx (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:44PM
Use PNGs and they will come? Yeah right. by deusx (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:37PM
An easy way to blow it up by chaotic (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:09PM
PNG and Microsoft, PNG and FPUs by muchandr (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @02:03AM
It is OLD!!! by displague (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @03:56PM
PNG -- used in 2d / 3d graphics by Hollinger (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @11:29PM
Image Packs and patterns against each other by Alan Shutko (Score:1) Wednesday February 24 1999, @12:36PM
Re: Bah! by GreyFauk (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @08:53PM
blech - $159 by Urban Dragon (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:49PM
Not quite -> As usual...you guys miss the point by deusx (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @09:07PM
JPEG and wavelet compression by Anonymous Coward (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:57PM
bye, bye ROC curve, hello compander by slew (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @02:19PM
Use PNGs? by dvdeug (Score:1) Tuesday February 23 1999, @01:14PM
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