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Friday, December 07, 2018

Google Labs Announces Image Compression Demos

Had a need for comparing alternate methods of this recently. Technical:

Google Labs Announces Squoosh: Image Compression PWALike  | by Dylan Schiemann 

At the 2018 Google Chrome Developer Summit, Google announced Squoosh, an open source image compression Progressive Web App (PWA) that doubles as a practical demonstration of modern web technologies.

Squoosh provides a quick and easy mechanism for leveraging many image compression formats. Users may browse Squoosh.app, drag and drop an image into a browser tab, and experiment with many image optimization and conversion settings. The app displays before and after views side by side for the selected image compression settings.

Squoosh in its current form is likely not meant as a competitor to the numerous image compression apps, ranging from traditional image editing tools as Photoshop and Sketch.app to web-based services like TinyPNG, ImageResize.org, and Compressor.io, to various desktop apps.

Google Labs' primary objective with Squoosh is to demonstrate how advanced web apps can leverage modern technologies to deliver a high-performance experience in today's web browsers.  ... "

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