Re: GD code

From: Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 08:34:47 +0000
Subject: Re: GD code
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I don't actually think that code is useful at all. My reasoning: - main advantage of the jpeg format is 24bit colors. the code I saw won't give that to us. Instead, we get worst of both worlds -- 8bit color with lossy compression. - JPEG isn't useful for the kind of imagery usually produced by GD. Sure, if we include a photo, it's okay, but the fact that the photo still has to be 8bit introduces dithering and/or banding that essentially kills the JPEG compression algorithm. So, no luck there either. - The marketing-guy perspective for this is that we shouldn't introduce a feature we know will suck and be of use in few situations. Bottom line: people are going to be saying "PHP's JPEG support? It sucks so bad" for ages if we go with this Marko -- this is my sig. there are many like it, but this one is mine marko karppinen @ icon medialab finland, +358 40 541 3399

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