[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55443: Create WebP sub-sizes and use for output

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#55443: Create WebP sub-sizes and use for output
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 Reporter:  adamsilverstein                      |       Owner:
                                                 |  adamsilverstein
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  6.1
Component:  Media                                |     Version:  6.0
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-unit-tests needs-dev-note        |     Focuses:
  needs-docs needs-user-docs 2nd-opinion needs-  |  performance
  testing changes-requested                      |
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Comment (by jb510):

 UI - the folks being vocal about the UI for this are perhaps are
 developers, that's kind of aways the case here, however they're developers
 voicing a concern on behalf of their many clients none of who participate
 directly in these discussions.

 For my personal use I could care less about a UI for this. I've said
 before I'd personally turn this on and delete every single JPEG on my
 blog. I don't care about image quality, the worse the better maybe fewer
 people will steal the photos from my blog.  However, I support 100s of
 clients/users and I am certain the vast majority will want a basic UI to
 turn this on/off on existing sites.

 People are very sensitive about what happens with their images after they
 upload them.

 Again "Decisions, not options" is about keeping it simple, like MacOS, but
 it's not about zero options ever.  It'd be like saying "well we shouldn't
 give users settings for media sizes, or permalinks, or date format, or
 whatever.  Seriously, people need to re-evaluate how they use that phrase.

 Folks here are only arguing that we should have a toggle to enable format
 conversion (ie. upload a jpeg but generate WebP). I do believe changing
 image formats is a big enough thing it deserves an option to control if it
 happens or not. One check box. That's simple and sensible.

 Nobody (I don't think) is arguing that we should have a checkbox, plus a
 quality control slider, plus another checkbox to save originals and
 another to delete originals on upload.  That indeed would go way too far.

 IMHO nothing is a worse answer to this sort of situation than "well there
 is a plugin for that".  I shouldn't have to install 5 freaking plugins to
 disable comments, enable media replace, set up an SMTP server, AND now
 also control if my uploaded images change the file format or not after
 being uploaded.

 These aren't complicated options to be avoided, they're very basic site
 controls.

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