Re: [tech] QOI image support in browsers

On 27. Dec 21, at 15.57, The Gnuserland <gnuserland@mailbox.org> wrote:

> Looking at this new format seems to fit better other scopes like, for 
instance, videogames.

I agree. I think with Gemini the important metric is the size of the 
compressed images, not the (de)compression speed. According to the QOI 
benchmark table, the file sizes are roughly equal or a bit larger than PNG.


On 26. Dec 21, at 18.37, almaember <almaember@disroot.org> wrote:

> 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).

I would say it's perfectly normal for a GUI client to be able to display 
images if directed at an URL with an `image/*` media type. Many rich 
text/webview UI controls that are likely the foundation of a GUI gemtext 
viewer will also be able to at least show JPGs and PNGs.

But yeah, the user should expect an external handler to deal with any 
media that is not supported by a client.

--jaakko

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