JPEG XL support is back in Firefox Nightly(omgubuntu.co.uk)

8 pointsby illiac78610 mesi fa6 comments

omgubuntu.co.uk

JPEG XL support is back in Firefox Nightly

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/firefox-adding-copilot-chatbot-features

6 comments

Their standards position is still neutral

https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/522#is... https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/blob/711c5330...

illiac78610 mesi fa

> In Firefox Labs, there are is an option to enable JPEG XL support, a super-optimised version of JPEG that is gaining traction (despite Google’s intransigence).

anon139510 mesi fa

Why did JPEG XL get removed in the first place?

midzer10 mesi fa

Because Chrom* removed it.

anon139510 mesi fa

Firefox is independent of Chromium, why would they remove it?

illiac78610 mesi fa

Unclear, imho I think Mozilla thought jxl had zero chances of chrome was not supporting it and hence they gave it up.

Or, they were using the same google-developed library.