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MVP

Mar 10, 2020

Add .HEIF support to the Edge browser

What does it do? Like JPEG, HEIF is a standard for lossy digital image compression. It’s a technology for maintaining some quality while keeping file sizes small; compared to a lossless technology l...

MVP

Mar 11, 2020

BruceRoberts

Spoiler

BruceRoberts wrote:
HotCakeX

"it will be helpful if Edge supported this format so websites will be able to use this new format to display still and animated pictures more efficiently."

Websites are able to use his new format to display still and animated pictures more efficiently.

wrote: "it will be helpful if Edge supported this format so websites will be able to use this new format to display still and animated pictures more efficiently." Websites are able to use his new format to display still and animated pictures more efficiently.

Nope, they don't.

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/add-heif-support-to-the-edge-browser/m-p/1221029/highlight/true#M26114

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Mar 13, 2020

HotCakeX

Is there any browser (not legacy Edge) which supports HEIF natively?

HotCakeX
MVP
Mar 13, 2020
Deleted
Deleted wrote:
Actually it is supoorted, I can see .HEIF images on my site...
Which website? where?
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Mar 13, 2020
Actually it is supoorted, I can see .HEIF images on my site...
HotCakeX
MVP
Mar 13, 2020
Deleted
Deleted wrote:
HotCakeX

Is there any browser (not legacy Edge) which supports HEIF natively?

Nope, like explained in the previous comments, no browser currently supports this, that's why website developers can't use this image format/container. it's more optimized and better but lack of support in browsers is the problem.
Microsoft, by supporting this, can change it and be the first.