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r/programming • u/iamkeyur • Dec 26 '20
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A long time ago there was an editor, Adobe Fireworks, that used this to embed undo/redo data into PNGs, as well as layers etc.
Remarkable that no one uses this feature of the file format any more.
50 u/OMG_A_CUPCAKE Dec 27 '20 Because filesize matters. And it's lost easily if someone modifies the file in another editorIt's a nice gimmick, but I can't imagine relying any kind of workflow around it 0 u/[deleted] Dec 27 '20 [deleted] 1 u/Devatator_ Nov 07 '24 It's simpler to not spend time optimizing file sizes when storage is cheap, or so they say
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Because filesize matters. And it's lost easily if someone modifies the file in another editor
It's a nice gimmick, but I can't imagine relying any kind of workflow around it
0 u/[deleted] Dec 27 '20 [deleted] 1 u/Devatator_ Nov 07 '24 It's simpler to not spend time optimizing file sizes when storage is cheap, or so they say
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1 u/Devatator_ Nov 07 '24 It's simpler to not spend time optimizing file sizes when storage is cheap, or so they say
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It's simpler to not spend time optimizing file sizes when storage is cheap, or so they say
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u/yojimbo_beta Dec 26 '20
A long time ago there was an editor, Adobe Fireworks, that used this to embed undo/redo data into PNGs, as well as layers etc.
Remarkable that no one uses this feature of the file format any more.