Browsers Decode Images Differently

https://bien.ee/image-decoding-differences-between-browsers/

by askonomm • 5 years ago

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cunthorpe2• 5 years ago

There’s a number of incorrect information in both articles so maybe this should not be here. Even the title is not really applicable.

If you paint an image on canvas when it’s not ready, the browser won’t wait for it, the frame will be blank and skipped.

askonomm• 5 years ago

I'm not talking about canvas in the current article - simply a HTML img tag. If you think something I wrote about was incorrect, please do get in touch with what it was and perhaps point me towards a resource that has the correct information as I am always looking to improve my knowledge and get better at what I do and it would be greatly appreciated.

sombremesa3• 5 years ago

What's with all these articles where the title says something but then TFA says the total opposite, and yet the article gets a ton of upvotes and no comments?

The author here goes on to say that they don't believe there is any difference in the decoding logic.

spartanatreyu• 5 years ago

Maybe it's time hacker news got a "Misleading Title" tag that could be added to a submission after it has been posted.

jrockway• 5 years ago

I'm not sure this is a truly misleading article. And it's interesting enough to warrant upvotes.

I will say that when I read the title, I thought "hey, this is going to be some PNG that displays a penguin in Chrome and an orange on Safari". But it's actually about an API method called "decode" and how to use it to display an image with a flicker or something.

I don't think the author misled anyone, but rather your own mind is guilty of that.

airstrike• 5 years ago

In the meantime, can we just click on 'flag' or is that not appropriate?

dang2• 5 years ago

We can change the title if someone suggests a better one. That means: accurate, neutral, and preferably using representative language from the article itself.

sombremesa3• 5 years ago

Thanks. I've seen titles being changed by mods but I didn't know they could be user suggested.

Browsers Decode Images Differently

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