Re: [css4-images] Add format() hints to image()

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Yoav Weiss <yoav@yoav.ws> wrote:
> While I'm not sure mime-types are necessary (they're more verbose than may
> be required), this actually allows an author to declare that a certain image
> contains several sub-types that may not be supported by the browser.
> Let's say for example that JPEG arithmetic coding was supported by some
> browsers and JPEG hierarchical coding was supported by others, with some
> overlap in their support.
> format("image.jpeg", "hierarchical", "arithmetic") would allow an author to
> define an image that contains both sub-types, without the need to define all
> possible permutations in the spec.
>
> OTOH, I'm not sure such a scenario is a realistic future scenario, and it
> might be easier to extend the syntax in the future, if & when that need
> arises.

The ability to specify multiple subtypes sounds compelling.

~TJ