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MS Proposes JPEG Alternative
automatix writes "Microsoft's new competitor to the omnipresent JPEG format has been shown at WinHEC and is discussed on CNET. The Windows Media Photo format has many promises associated with it. The program manager is claiming 'We can do it in half the size of a JPEG file.'. While 'the philosophy has been that licensing should not be a restriction', it is interesting that the specification requires a click-through agreement to even read it."
If they can keep from killing it with DRM and licensing, I for one would love to have a photo format where the quality doesn't degrade as much as JPEG does at high compression.
All images encoded with Windows Media Photo have a blue cast to them
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Hi MS,
It's rubbish.
Cheers.
I cant wait to see what wmf like features this one has. If it doesnt have at least one vulnerability (buffer overflow, embeded executable code....) I refuse to use it.
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Seriously one of the funniest thing's I've heard resently...
I, for one, welcome our 50% smaller, lossy overlords...
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Woah, you mean we've got to use a second file extension if we switch to lossless?
That's far too much work, let's just invent an entire new standard, just so our image directories look neat.
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If you click the 'I agree' it takes you to download some file that ends in ".DOC" - since I couldnt find any specifications for *that* file, I wasnt able to read them.
Hmm. Maybe new ads will be rendered in this new format. Then non-IE browsers will get ad-blocking for free!
Egon, I'm a little bit fuzzy on this lossless thing
"Since it's a MS format, presumably the codec will be embedded within the OS and will have an easy hook to read/write the format from any program..."
don't forget the hooks to allow an image to format your hard-drive/ run executables as root and maybe even give it facilities to copy your secure account/bank details and mail them out.
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Your whole post is parody of something worthwhile.
Forget about what we said earlier, let's keep the borg icon for anything Microsoft-related.
Someone should change that to: "By accessing, using or providing feedback on these materials, or attempting to sue anyone over these materials you agree to the to give the person who altered this document $37,000,000,000 in US currency." And then promptly distribute it widely.
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When will Windows be ready for the desktop?
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it's widely accepted that the full spec for MS word's doc format is on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard".
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