[tech] QOI image support in browsers

[almaember]

Hey!

Normally it is not the business of clients to handle images. Instead, they should run whatever program is configured to open the MIME-type (unless it's something basic, like Gemtext or plain text).

But yes, this seams interesting. And yeah, the clients that display images inline should probably support it.

Cheers,
~almaember


-------- Original Message --------
From: Chris McGee <newton688@gmail.com>
Sent: 26 December 2021 15:43:54 CET
To: "A protocol that is slightly more complex than gopher, but significantly simpler than HTTP" <gemini@lists.orbitalfox.eu>
Subject: [tech] QOI image support in browsers

Hi All,

This new compressed image format looks like a good fit with Gemini. It's a
"simple" format that works with very small implementations. I think it
would be a great addition to the Gemini browsers out there and could make
browsing even faster.

https://qoiformat.org/

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