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All icons svg - vector support, no .png .jpg etc.
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OOPS, incidentally it is already on phpBB 4.

Not to mention that SVG and WEBP support for topic icons, smilies and ranks will be also in 3.3.6 - :ugeek:
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eveneme wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 2:36 am All icons svg - vector support, no .png .jpg etc.
Why no .png .jpg etc...?

BTW posting an "Idea" should involve more than just typing a couple of words and submitting.
How about explaining (at a minimum) the drawbacks of the current situation vs the advantages of the proposed situation.
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svg = smaller file size. lossless quality.
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I can't vote on this - I support the idea of supporting .svg as well as other formats. I cannot support the "no .png .jpg etc."
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No need to vote. Implemented already.
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No reply to a simple question
warmweer wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:55 am Why no .png .jpg etc...?
So I'll rephrase ...
What could be a good reason to remove support for .png, .jpg etc... ?
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Aren’t png, jpg & gif part of the internet, no support needed?
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What’s so great about svg?
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Random American wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 3:02 am What’s so great about svg?
I'd suggest reading Scalable Vector Graphics - Wikipedia The key advantage is
Wikipedia wrote:SVG images can thus be scaled in size without loss of quality, and SVG files can be searched, indexed, scripted, and compressed.
As more readers and members migrate from desktop devices to tablets and smartphones, the scalability makes images appear cleaner and without loss of quality across all devices, i.e.
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Random American wrote: Fri Aug 19, 2022 3:02 am What’s so great about svg?
All images have their cons nd pros. SVG is like a font and infinitely scalable, downside is that it's only good for simple images like icons, logos etc.
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I admit that I didn’t think about compatibility with mobile devices.
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Random American wrote: Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:14 pm I admit that I didn’t think about compatibility with mobile devices.
It's not really a compatibility issue, it's just more versatile for some types of images. Your avatar for example is prime candidate for .svg. If you have .svg you can put it on a web page any dimensions, put it in word doc or put it on a billboard. It's always going to have perfect lines from the same file. You would not be able to do this with my avatar as it requires too much detail and their is limitations on the scale based on the source file.
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thecoalman wrote: Sun Aug 21, 2022 6:09 am
Random American wrote: Sat Aug 20, 2022 8:14 pm I admit that I didn’t think about compatibility with mobile devices.
It's not really a compatibility issue, it's just more versatile for some types of images. Your avatar for example is prime candidate for .svg. If you have .svg you can put it on a web page any dimensions, put it in word doc or put it on a billboard. It's always going to have perfect lines from the same file. You would not be able to do this with my avatar as it requires too much detail and their is limitations on the scale based on the source file.
I'm not disagreeing here, but before I changed accounts, I tried to convert that avatar to SVG to see what would happen. It came out a mess, so I think it was slightly more complex than it looks.

SVG is good but it harshly limits details.
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converting from one file type to another is a very tricky thing. I am no expert about this but you really can't make a final assumption based on
whatever you tried that did not work.


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