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Google Reverses Course: Chromium to Restore JPEG XL Support

TL;DR Google has reversed its 2022 decision and will bring JPEG XL back to Chromium, driven by developer pressure and growing adoption, using a...
Nadir
1 min read

JPEG XL Finds New Life in PDF Standards

TL;DR: Despite being sidelined by Google’s Chrome team years ago, the JPEG XL (JXL) image format has secured a major win. The PDF Association...
Nadir
1 min read

What is changing with our standardised manifest values and…

Manifest files are a small text information file stored in the jar. It is a useful place for storing information about the jar. In...
Ethan
2 min read

What is new in PDF Spec 2.0?

After 8 years in the making, PDF 2.0 has finally been released. From new annotations, to digital signatures, to generally making the specification clearer...
Rob
1 min read

What Chrome 45 dropping NPAPI Plug-in support means

With the recent news that Google has now killed off NPAPI plugins in Chrome 45, it has left many wondering exactly what NPAPI plugins...
Leon Atherton
3 min read

4 Reasons why Converting PDF to Responsive EPUB is…

As the developers of a PDF to HTML5 Conversion tool (BuildVu), one of the topics we are regularly asked about is converting PDF to...
Leon Atherton
3 min read