New version of the PNG image standard released

https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/26/new_version_of_png/

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Zachariah@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y (5 replies)

it’s pronounced “png”

kurcatovium@piefed.social · 6 pts · 1y (4 replies)

pnj?

nesc@lemmy.cafe · 11 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Like g in gif.

towerful@programming.dev · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

gif, pronounced like git

Nyonnyan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Jit? Wait, thats something else

remotelove@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

No, you had it. It's J, as is in "jiraffe".

eatham@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Nobody pronounces it ping lol

SandLight@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

I always have

fidgeting9658@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I was also very confused, wtf is a ping file. I do a ping, its not a file, it's an IMCP request. A P-N-G is a file, am I just doing some boomer shit?

13igTyme@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Like a CVS file.

lung@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Seems like "who cares" if PNG can't keep up with formats like webp and webm in terms of size