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
The open source guys are upset. I did not know there was a new jpeg format.
Oh boy. If Google had applied the same kind of standards for WebP, that image format simply wouldn’t exist today. And frankly WebP is a complete shitshow and supported nonetheless to this today.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Chrome-Dropping-JPEG-XL-Reasons