[PATCH] update site goldstar award types images from jpg/png to webp

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Wed Feb 2 09:44:08 GMT 2022


On Feb  1 23:59, Brian Inglis wrote:
> Our images at cygwin-htdocs/goldstars/img/ seemed large for small icons:
> 
> $ wc -c img/*
>   3473 img/dungbomb.png
>   1074 img/goldstar.png
>   1303 img/goldwatch.png
>   9382 img/pinkwatch.jpg
>    877 img/platinumwatch.jpg
>    878 img/plush_hippo.jpg
>   1055 img/silverstar.png
>  18042 total
> 
> so converted them and found they were much smaller in webp format,
> and reconverting using the upgraded libwebp package command:
> 
>     $ cwebp -blend_alpha 0xffffff img/$i.* -o images/$i.webp
> 
> $ wc -c images/*
>   220 images/dungbomb.webp
>   284 images/goldstar.webp
>   286 images/goldwatch.webp
>   322 images/pinkwatch.webp
>   232 images/platinumwatch.webp
>   204 images/plush_hippo.webp
>   174 images/silverstar.webp
>  1722 total
> 
> Updating these would make the site more mobile friendly,
> quicker for those on low-bandwidth connections,
> and cheaper for those on expensive plans.

Nice, pushed with a remade index.html.


Thanks,
Corinna


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