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DungeonLords
Associate II
Jul 9, 2026 10:50 AM UTC
Question

Allow webp format

Add webp format support for avatars and others. It helps to save disk usage and make user experience with this forum more convenient. For now I can’t use webp because “Sorry, we couldn't upload your file because we don't support that file type. Supported file types: .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .gif”

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Andrew Neil
Super User
Jul 9, 2026 10:55 AM UTC

make user experience with this forum more convenient

Could you expand on that?

It seems the format has its drawbacks:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebP#Disadvantages_and_criticism

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DungeonLords
Associate II
Jul 9, 2026 11:01 AM UTC

more and more software prefer webp format as default…

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Lead III
Jul 9, 2026 12:01 PM UTC

Webp has terrible support. I hate it. Better support jpegxl

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