Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 30th Sep 2010 23:04 UTC
A few months ago, Google open sourced the VP8 video codec as part of the WebM video project, to create a truly Free/free unencumbered video format for the web as an answer to the non-Free/free patent-encumbered H264 format. Today, Google launched a new image format for the web, WebP, which aims to significantly reduce the file size of photos and images on the web.
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RE[3]: You guys should read the actual article before
by Neolander on Sat 2nd Oct 2010 08:08
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Indeed, looks like it's the same thing as with independent H.264 vs VP8 comparisons : JPG has a hideous blocky rendering but keeps more details, while WebP makes more nice-looking images at the cost of some blurring.
I prefer blur myself. In my opinion, being aesthetically-pleasing as a whole is much more important for a picture that some detail in the wild disappearing. Moreover, JPEG/H264 blocks are very annoying when doing image editing (they make tools based on contour detection fail miserably). And after all, those who really want details will only be satisfied with lossless formats anyway 
Edited 2010-10-02 08:09 UTC
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This guy does a better job. He fucked the JPEGs up at first, but if he has got it right this time then it would match Google's graph and WebP would indeed look better for similarly sized files.
http://englishhard.com/2010/10/01/real-world-analysis-of-googles-we...