Leaflet@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoFirefox will consider a Rust implementation of JPEG-XL (with Google's help)github.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ml
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkFirefox will consider a Rust implementation of JPEG-XL (with Google's help)github.comLeaflet@lemmy.world to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@lemmy.ml
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s sad to see how Mozilla needs Google even for this. I hate that Google seems to have a finger in absolutely everything. Why? Because their end goal is a web where you need to identity yourself to them.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 months agoIt’s likely that Google offered, and Mozilla doesn’t have a reason to say no. Google Research do this for a bunch of open source projects. Chrome needs a JPEG-XL decoder too, so I’d guess they’re going to share the code across both Chrome and Firefox.
It’s sad to see how Mozilla needs Google even for this.
I hate that Google seems to have a finger in absolutely everything. Why? Because their end goal is a web where you need to identity yourself to them.
It’s likely that Google offered, and Mozilla doesn’t have a reason to say no. Google Research do this for a bunch of open source projects.
Chrome needs a JPEG-XL decoder too, so I’d guess they’re going to share the code across both Chrome and Firefox.