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		ksec on Feb 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FLIF – Free Lossless Image Format The progressive mode in Jpeg and JPEG XL is quite different, because the quality is so much better your perception of it changes. Where Progressive Jpeg are literally useless before it finish loading, JPEG XL provides decent quality.

supportlocal4h on Feb 9, 2020 [–]

I'm curious to see it. My irritation is really just when I actually care about the picture. When I'm specifically browsing my library, for instance.

When it's the background for some webpage, or some other photo I'm not focused on, the progressive quality is probably a good thing.

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