@DoctorG said in Images are saved as .webp instead of original format (JPG, JPEG, PNG, etc.):
Sorry to say, but users working with graphics should have learned over the years and decades how to workaround image format issues
My only pushback is that I've never encountered this before, every other browser I've used will attempt to save the image in the format it is in on the page by default, but Vivaldi seems to default to .webp when using save as regardless of image format. Granted I can change the ext to .jpg, .png etc and it saves in my desired format, but it is an annoyance.
I would argue that it's not productive to blanket statement say "you should have learned how to workaround image format issues". I personally would take the time to link to a solution to a problem if I was going to come in and dismiss the concerns that someone has.
I do see that this is an existing "issue" with chromium as a whole though, Reddit
""Google launched the WebP format as part of its mission to make loading times faster across the internet. WebP allows websites to display high-quality images — but with much smaller file sizes than traditional formats such as PNG and JPEG.
You can choose to save WebP files with either lossless or lossy compression. This means you can either compress images without losing data or with losing only some non-essential information. Google’s developers have suggested that lossless WebP images can be up to 26% smaller than PNGs." from reddit as well"
The only other solution I've found so far is to change the url to remove the webp conversion, which is not ideal if I don't want to install an extension to make my browser not change the URL for no reason.
I can admit some part of me is probably just being stubborn and not wanting to change away from using jpg, as webp is lossless, and supports transparency & animation, while also being a smaller file on server load. So theres no logical reason to not use it. I guess I just typed this all up to say that Maybe .Webp isn't as bad as it seems, and software needs to get with it more than browsers need to stay in the past.
Sorry for writing a short novel as a reply a year later. 🙂