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    10 months ago

    But why is it better? My experience is clicking on webp format opens in browser instead of my image viewer

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      10 months ago

      Webp supports 24 - bit RGB w 8 - bit Alpha channel. It also has better lossless and lossly compression. And it handles transparency and animation better than other formats at a smaller size.

      It is smaller, better, and faster.

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        10 months ago

        I’m a layperson. I don’t care about what technical benefits it has on paper when its impractical to use. So I have to agree with OP on this one.