Firefox announces support for WEBP-compressed image format

WEBP, a compressed image format led by Google Inc., is currently receiving heavyweight support, and the Firefox browser of the Wisdom Foundation has announced support for the format.

WEBP is an open source compressed image format that Google Inc. acquired after acquiring the original developer, aiming to reduce the size while keeping the image clarity.

Reducing the volume means that these images are transmitted faster and consume less traffic on the Internet, so WEBP is also very practical.

Firefox announces support for WEBP format:

The browser will support parsing images in WEBP format in recent versions, and developers only need to adapt Firefox browser to use it.

Since not all browsers now support WEBP, most websites use adaptive loading, and standard formats are loaded when an incompatible browser is encountered.

This can not only use WEBP to save the bandwidth of the website but also reduce the content distribution at its own expense, which is a perfect choice for website developers.

Many top sites already use the WEBP format:

For this image format, Google’s website has been used for a long time. For example, the application screenshots of the Google App Store are loaded in WEBP format.

For Google, the use of the WEBP format to compress images greatly reduces bandwidth costs and the speed at which users load web pages has also increased significantly.

Of course, if you use IE browser and Apple’s Safari browser is still not supported, this time the server will automatically switch to normal format loading.

Only Safari in mainstream browsers does not support:

Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft’s Microsoft Edge browsers all support the WEBP format, and IE has stopped updating or supporting it.

The only remaining Apple Safari browser does not support the WEBP format. For Apple, it has never been a favourite to help competitors.