POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : JPEG2000 : Re: JPEG2000 Server Time
4 Aug 2024 10:15:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: JPEG2000  
From: IMBJR
Date: 7 Mar 2004 16:04:58
Message: <iq3n401hi3fcssalickm9vl69go9uqavup@4ax.com>
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 14:36:27 -0600, "Fernando G. del Cueto"
<fcu### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

>I think that the best way of adopting a format is using it. JPEG2000 is not
>a closed proprietary format we should avoid. I think we should embrace it.

Indeed. This breaks the chicken-and-egg scenario.

>
>I agree it is still not very usable, but I also remember struggling with
>JPGs ten years ago. My computer was so slow displaying them! GIFs displayed
>quickly but breaking the 256-colors barrier was blissful.

Indeed. People here really need to get off their arses and stop
wallowing in the past.

>
>About one year ago, some very important french researcher came to my
>university to talk about mathematics behind the JPEG2000 format. I can't
>remember much, but I remember that the demos were stunning.
>
>JPEG2000 use will skyrocket the day IE supports it.

One hopes that day is soon - tho personally I only touch MSIE at work.
Can't stand to use it otherwise.

>
>Fernando
>

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