Thats why I built a tool that watches my download folder and converts webp and webm to png and mp4 preserving the original. Its still missing some features but its available on my GitHub for free as OSS
Why? Webp is better than both jpeg and png.
The answer is a couple of comments above your comment
The worst part is why apps doesn’t support webp like how they support jpg or png. That’s also a widespread image format, there’s no reason for them to not support it.
At some point support for the format will catch up, and we can forget about it. But for now, I’ll just continue to grumble
.webp? Oh great, I get to install Homebrew, search for some package to convert it into a PNG, figure out the command line options and then finally I’ll get an usable version of the image.
In case you’re actually wondering, its:
brew install webp dwebp {filename}.webp -o {filename}.pngI have a firefox extension that I use at least multiple times a day, that lets me select which format to download an image in - from JPGs (with multiple compression options) to PNG and WEBPs.
I’ll update this post with the name when I have access to my computer.
Edit: The extension is called “Save Webp As”! Thanks @LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one
Is it “Save webp as extension”? This is what I use. I like it because you can still save as webp if you want, but it pops up with other options.
Yup that’s the one! Apologies as I was away from my computer for a while and couldn’t check earlier.
