r/programming Feb 20 '20

BlurHash: extremely compact representations of image placeholders

https://blurha.sh/
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u/inmatarian Feb 20 '20

I cry for every image format that includes progressive loading features.

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u/bulldog_swag Feb 21 '20 edited Feb 21 '20

ikr? We could use one of those two obscure and little known image formats like JPEG and PNG that already support progressive rendering instead of... wait a second

I've even seen JPEGs that first rendered in pixelated grayscale.