Talk:WebP

Pronunciation
Some sources have "(pronounced ‘weppy’)", others contradict this. https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/ makes no mention of it. Does anyone have any inside knowledge of this ? Heavenlyblue (talk) 18:59, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

"Web pee" because it sucks and makes downloading pictures off google harder — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A442:581E:1:135A:2130:D641:6009 (talk) 11:24, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Detrimental Example
The example image (450px-Johnrogershousemay2020.webp.png) seriously degrades the case for WebP, as it is saturated with moiré. {:-)

200.68.170.33 (talk) 20:30, 10 December 2021 (UTC) baden k.


 * The version https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Johnrogershousemay2020.webp/450px-Johnrogershousemay2020.webp.png mentioned by you exists, but is not listed on the image page. Where'd you get that version from?
 * Also, except for the original, all size versions, including the thumbnail are PNGs. The caption "An example webp image" is misleading - it's just a PNG copy of a webp original. The PNGs do not fulfill the expectation of the reader. --77.181.120.161 (talk) 23:17, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Public criticism
I noticed this page had a section which was outdated, specifically the newest citation was from 2013. I am willing to add more examples of criticism leveled against WebP, but most of the criticism does come from internet forums rather than from any reliable source. Here are some examples:.

I am not gonna use these as citations, but the added text will have no citation as a result. I wanted to have a second opinion before performing the change because I am afraid it is going to be reverted immediately. MarioSuperstar77 (talk) 15:28, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

Non-partisan quality assessment
The current introduction made claims about quality that were not (explicitly) supported by the cited link.

Given that Fiona Glaser's "very early critique" explicitly assessed that the quality of the WebP-encoded result was the worst of three analysed image formats, stronger (explicit) evidence needs to be used to back up any counter-claims (i.e. either that WebP's quality is superior for a given file size, or that WebP's file size is smaller for a given quality).

I would also recommend that, where possible, citations should include non-partisan sources. In other words, assessments from people or organisations that don't have a stake in one of the competing image compression technologies. (Where that's not possible, the article should make the potential for bias or conflict of interest to occur apparent by mentioning the relationship.)

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Invalid media type
The IANA's authoritative list of media types does not include image/webp. It nevertheless appears on Wikipedia and numerous other websites. Is this a case of citogenesis? SweetPotatoGolem (talk) 20:33, 19 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Never mind, there is a draft RFC that defines it. I don't know why it isn't included in the IANA's list of draft media types, but that isn't a Wikipedia problem. SweetPotatoGolem (talk) 17:35, 7 July 2022 (UTC)