WebP

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Techniques

An image format that supports both lossless and lossy compression.

Why it's here

Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 2 in the last 30 days. Confidence 37%.

5Hacker News·9/14/2026research
An Argument Against JPEG XL for the Web
The article argues that JPEG XL is technically strong but not compelling enough to justify broad browser adoption for the Web. It says modern AVIF and WebP encoders already cover most practical needs, while JPEG XL's main benefit—lossless compression—saves only modest space on a small share of web images.
2Simon Willison·9/13/2026framework_update
shot-scraper 1.12 adds WebP screenshot support
Simon Willison released shot-scraper 1.12 with support for saving webpage screenshots as WebP files. The new --quality option controls WebP compression, and images are lossless by default when quality is not specified.