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WebP is in some ways superior, in particular because it has a lossless option like PNG. [Edit: NOPE, I was mistaken.] I think it's kind of a shame that it hasn't caught on all that well. Maybe it's a fantasy, but I'd sure like to consolidate all web images into a single widely-supported and open source format. Ah, to dream...


I think it's nice to have separate formats for lossy and lossless compression. Makes it easy for users to tell what's going on.


Sixth bullet: Lossless compression is supported.


Missed it, my bad!


I didn't check the code though. I wonder if it's any good. JPEG also has a lossless mode, but no-one uses or even implements it.


From what the website says, BGP does support lossless compression.




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