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JPEG2000 Coming Soon
Sonny writes "In a few months time, internet users will be able to make use of the JPEG2000 standard which, its developers claim, enables web graphics to be downloaded much faster than is currently possible. This will not only make graphics-heavy web pages easier to download, it will also preserve image quality. The JPEG standard compresses image files which are then transmitted across the web faster than uncompressed files. Now, researchers at universities around the world have developed JPEG2000, the next-generation image-compression technology under the auspices of the International Standards Organisation. It is the first major upgrade of the standard since it first appeared in the early '90s. What is also important about the technology is its ability to send files without loss of data, which is not the case with current JPEG files. To take advantage of a JPEG2000, web browsers will need a Plug-In for either Internet Explorer or Netscape browsers. These free plug-in's are expected to be available later this year. The extension for the new files will be ".jp2"."
JPEG2000 Plugin for IE? More like an ActiveX control for IE. IE6 no longer supports Netscape Style Plug-ins. I'll never forgive MS for that.
It's for that reason I won't go past IE 5.01. I refuse to update to a browser that removes standard features. The sad thing is, I may not be able to enjoy JPEG 2000 because of that.
Hopefully Opera will, however...
"Derp de derp."
How about JUST KILLING THE STUPID EXTENSTION ENTIRELY!
I really hate Windows' use of extenstions. Why should extensions control the application association. Remember OS/2? It had an EA (extended attribute) that assocated the file with an application.
I have all sorts of problems with users renaming files so they associate with the wrong thing, then they wonder why Word won't open an EXE properly - or other similarly stupid thing.
The extension should either not exist, or only exist for additional naming info. It shouldn't have anything to do with application association.
Windows, it seems has never done it right the first time. Every time we get to be the test subjects for MS's stupid ideas. (How about clippy! DAMN!) Sometime they eventually get it right. (How about Network file share rights and inheritance in NT! Every user that has rights to a folder farther down in the tree must have at least browse rights to every directory higher in the tree to use explorer to navigate to the folder they have rights to...that also allows them to see all the files in the folders they shouldn't!)
I'll quit ranting now!
Cheers!
I have to say that I believe I was robbed because now that first post has a 5 and my post commenting on his has a "respectable" 3. I really did think of that and according to the times I was <2 minutes late for posting it first.
If there are any mods still reading this article I would like my other post pushed up to "(4: Seconds Short)" and this one pushed up to "(2: Off-topic, Insightful)"