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Kamp: A Generation Lost in the BazaarKamp: A Generation Lost in the BazaarPosted Aug 21, 2012 20:59 UTC (Tue) by tterribe (✭ supporter ✭, #66972)In reply to: Kamp: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar by renox Parent article: Kamp: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar
> 3) libtiff is used by one library even though Firefox cannot render TIFF
> images > ==> someone made a mistake in the dependencies (most probably) or there is > a bug/dead code in FF, a very minor issue.
No, libtiff is a dependency of GTK+, but of course Firefox does not rely on GTK's image loading routines to determine what formats it supports in web pages, because it does not use GTK on all platforms.
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Kamp: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar Posted Aug 22, 2012 6:34 UTC (Wed) by renox (subscriber, #23785) [Link]
> of course Firefox does not rely on GTK's image loading routines to determine what formats it supports in web pages, because it does not use GTK on all platforms.
'of course'? That's not so obvious: Firefox displays H.264 when the OS supports this format, the same policy could be used for TIFF images.
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