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Progressive decoding: JPEG vs JPEG XL vs AVIF
Jon Sneyers
A short side-by-side demo of a large image loading over a slow connection in JPEG, progressive mozjpeg, JPEG XL and AVIF. It shows how each codec renders partial data.
HN uses it as visual evidence that JPEG XL decodes progressively while AVIF shows nothing until fully loaded.
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