[Tfug] Firefox and TIFFs

[erich]

In simple terms,
         It is market forces. *.jpg, *.png, *.gif are much more popular,
so web browser
designers have responded to the demand.  *.tiff has been around for a
while, but
has seen only marginal use. One reason is it's inefficiency. It takes
many more
Kbytes to display something in a *.tiff than in, for example, a *.jpg.
         I  require  that my students send me homwork scans in *.jpg format.
Every once in a while, one iof them trips up, and sends a *tiff. A
single page
homework scan in *.tiff can be over 10Mbytes.

                                                                                                
Erich
Claude Rubinson wrote:

>I just discovered that Firefox won't render TIFFs internally, instead
>calling out to a helper app.  That surprised me.  Anybody know why?
>Do other browsers render TIFFs?
>
>Claude
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