JPEG XL (JXL)

[Sushubh]

This is the other competing image format to AVIF. Firefox and Chrome support is coming. Apple? As usual, no one knows.

JPEG - JPEG XL

jpeg.org

JPEG XL - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

For now, you can enable it in Chrome and Firefox.
Chrome (91+): chrome://flags/#enable-jxl
Firefox (90+): image.jxl.enabled

 

[Navjot Singh]

You can also enable in Edge(91+) by running the executable file with the parameter --enable-features=JXL. Works in Both Windows and Linux. macOS not Tested.

 

[Sushubh]

Chrome 91 is out. Which means chrome://flags/#enable-jxl is now available in Chrome stable.

 

[Navjot Singh]

It is also available in Edge Stable but still needs the parameter in executable. And it only opens JXL images loaded on web pages. Try to open the image in a new tab, and it will download. The latest firefox beta also supports JXL now.

 

[Sushubh]

Chrome also doesn't load jxl in tabs it seems.

 

[Sushubh]

Chrome 91 hasn't arrived on my phone yet. Apkmirror has become very confusing to use.

 

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[Navjot Singh]

Chrome stable loaded the above image for me in a new tab.

 

[Sushubh]

GitHub - saschanaz/jxl-winthumb: A JPEG XL (*.jxl) thumbnail handler for Windows File Explorer.

A JPEG XL (*.jxl) thumbnail handler for Windows File Explorer. - saschanaz/jxl-winthumb

github.com

this works to enable thumbnails for jxl files in windows.

 

[Sushubh]

google is dumping jxl already.

1178058 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail

bugs.chromium.org

"Thank you everyone for your comments and feedback regarding JPEG XL. We will be removing the JPEG XL code and flag from Chromium for the following reasons:

• Experimental flags and code should not remain indefinitely
• There is not enough interest from the entire ecosystem to continue experimenting with JPEG XL
• The new image format does not bring sufficient incremental benefits over existing formats to warrant enabling it by default
• By removing the flag and the code in M110, it reduces the maintenance burden and allows us to focus on improving existing formats in Chrome"

 

[Sushubh]

The Case for JPEG XL

The recent decision by Chrome developers to no longer support JPEG XL has sent a ripple through the developer community and is a bit premature given the relative newness of the image format.

cloudinary.com

 

[Navjot Singh]

Support removed in Canary.

 

[Sushubh]

Source

 

[Navjot Singh]

https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/WjCKcBw219k/m/xX-NnWtTBQAJ?pli=1

The bug has been marked won't-fix so now this is the place to track any updates. The best part? Google used bogus data to justify that AVIF is faster than JPEG-XL. And the tests were performed by the engineers responsible for the AVIF format so a lot of bias there.

 

[Sushubh]

Release v0.8.0 release candidate · libjxl/libjxl

THIS IS A RELEASE CANDIDATE. We expect to have v0.8.0 very soon. Added decoder API: new function JxlDecoderSetImageBitDepth to set the bit depth of the output buffer. decoder API proposal: add Jxl...

github.com

 

[Sushubh]

GitHub - zamfofex/jxl-crx: browser extension to display JPEG XL images

browser extension to display JPEG XL images. Contribute to zamfofex/jxl-crx development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com