Pitch
I just downloaded a .webp image from a website and was surprised when I wasn't able to share it in a Mastodon post.
Motivation
I think this should be possible, because most users would expect any web content types to work out of the box.
Considerations
As some browsers, especially older ones, may not support WebP directly, it may be necessary to transcode WebP images to another format, either directly at upload time, or when delivering the image.
raucao
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Support for WebP was added, but then removed due to issues. I'd love to see it fixed and added, but those issues would have to be ironed out. ^w^
arethsu
on 27 Mar 2020
I would also love to see this happening
mstdn
on 27 Mar 2020
Related: LemmyNet/lemmy#772
kolgza
on 3 Jun 2020
I really this issue were prioritized. I often use Mastodon on spotty connections, and so it takes a while for images to download. I would even go further and say that images and GIFs should automatically be converted to WebP.
kolgza
on 6 Jun 2020
I really want to see it append to.
michaelb-ae
on 22 Jul 2020
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I really this issue were prioritized. I often use Mastodon on spotty connections, and so it takes a while for images to download. I would even go further and say that images and GIFs should automatically be converted to WebP.