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		unconed on Dec 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CPNG, a backwards compatible fork of PNG The backwards compatibility is okay, but the author should also plan a more optimal replacement encoding that ditches the legacy compatibility, and require new implementations to support both. Otherwise there is no way to sunset the hacks.

solardev on Dec 9, 2023 | [–]

They should just make a new format. It's not clear if this is an improvement over AVIF either.

Nyan on Dec 10, 2023 | [–]

We've already got JPEG-XL as a good replacement format, but some feel that jeopardizing its adoption is a sensible cause.

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