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A new PNG spec

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617 points bluedel | 2 comments | 24 Jun 25 13:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.428s | source
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tonyedgecombe ◴[25 Jun 25 06:36 UTC] No.44374207[source]▶
>After 20 years of stagnation, PNG is back with renewed vigor!

After 20 years of success, we can't resist the temptation to mess with what works.

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encom ◴[25 Jun 25 07:22 UTC] No.44374493[source]▶
Yea I'm mildly concerned about this as well. PNG's age is a feature, in a time where software development has gone to hell.
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HelloNurse ◴[25 Jun 25 07:30 UTC] No.44374548[source]▶
Without the new HDR and color profile handling, PNG was still useful but significantly obsolete. Display hardware has progressed over a few decades, raising the bar for image files.
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1. jeroenhd ◴[25 Jun 25 08:04 UTC] No.44374760[source]▶
> Display hardware has progressed

The continued popularity of non-HDR 1080p screens on laptops is a bleak reminder that most people would rather save a couple hundred bucks than buy HDR capable hardware.

HDR is great for TVs and a nice-to-have on phones (who mostly get it for free because OLEDs are the norm these days), but display technology only advances as much as its availability in low-cost devices.

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2. account42 ◴[26 Jun 25 11:27 UTC] No.44386305[source]▶
Or maybe the advantage isn't that big for most uses (images with super bright highlights are a nice novelty but not fun to look at all the time) and people don't want to deal with the clusterfuck that is HDR software support.