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Explore the development and implementation of AVIF, the first new image format shipped by major browsers in over a decade, in this 41-minute conference talk from Strange Loop 2022. Delve into the motivations behind AVIF's creation, the technical and process innovations in its standard, and its implementations. Learn about the speaker's personal experiences participating in the standards process and implementing support in Firefox using a new Rust-based parser. Gain insights into the human perspective of working in open-source projects and the dynamics of collaborating with tech giants as a Mozilla employee. Presented by Jon Bauman, an experienced engineer with a diverse background in programming disciplines, this talk offers a comprehensive look at the creation of a new image format in the open-source community.
