about:config pref for webp Topic is solved

[zerogravity]

It would be appreciated if, analogous to "media.webm.enabled", there were a "image.webp.enabled" pref so that webp decoding could be turned off.
I think you would only need to add

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DECL_GFX_PREF(Live, "image.webp.enabled",                    ImageWebPEnabled, bool, true);

to /gfx/thebes/gfxPrefs.h and change /image/src/Image.cpp in ln 65
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   // WEBP
	  else if (!strcmp(aMimeType, IMAGE_WEBP))
	    rv = eDecoderType_webp;

to

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   // WEBP
	  else if (!strcmp(aMimeType, IMAGE_WEBP) && gfxPrefs::ImageWebPEnabled())
	    rv = eDecoderType_webp;

Maybe a pref for br decoding as well?

[Moonchild]

Is there a particular reason why you want to completely disable WebP support?

[zerogravity]

1. Increased attack surface. It's new, in flux, tries to support everything and is used by the majority.

2. Windows 7 photo viewer does not support it, which is already annoying for gifs.

3. I don't want google dictating my usage - my browser, my way.

[dark_moon]

Why not use uMatrix addon? You can control media elements with it

[Moonchild]

1. Increased attack surface. It's new, in flux, tries to support everything and is used by the majority.
2. Windows 7 photo viewer does not support it, which is already annoying for gifs.
3. I don't want google dictating my usage - my browser, my way.

1. WebP has been around for years. And the codec is even older since it's VP8 which has seen plenty of people hacking at it.
2. Windows 7 photo viewer isn't something I'd use as a criterion, ever
3. Being able to decode an image format using an open lib isn't Google dictating anything. it's Pale Moon offering broader support for file formats. In that case we should also add prefs for bmp which is Microsoft. GIF for being Compuserve, MP3 for Fraunhofer, OGG because the format sucks, etc. Making a pref for everything is madness, and our tree already has too many that nobody ever touches.

So, I guess you don't want it because you don't want to use anything that has at one point in time been sourced by Google. You'd better stop using Pale Moon, Firefox, or any other browser out there (since half the web standards out there are written by Google people too, and http/2 is pretty much Google's SPDY, to name a thing)

[Donotfillintheblank]

So, I guess you don't want it because you don't want to use anything that has at one point in time been sourced by Google. You'd better stop using Pale Moon, Firefox, or any other browser out there (since half the web standards out there are written by Google people too, and http/2 is pretty much Google's SPDY, to name a thing)

I didn't know Google had a hand in that much web - to the point of regulating web standards.

There were organizations around taking care of that long before there was Google, e.g. W3 Consortium.

What's up with Google doing their job? Google is just a private company. It is not hard to understand they will try to change everything to their own convenience.

[Moonchild]

The W3C is a lap dog of Google and large media conglomerates at this point. Their "standards" are written by them, and which standards become actual recommendations is determined only by voting of their paying members. Guess who are paying members?

[GMforker]

Off-topic:
Btw, An open letter to the W3C Director, CEO, team and membership