The author showcases their experience in creating an image viewer for terminal emulators, highlighting the limitations of existing image viewers that support only a few image formats. They delve into the lack of widespread support for newer image codecs like JPEG XL, AVIF, and HEIC, posing the question of software adoption. The author also touches on the complexities of loading Xcursor and Windows cursor files, and the challenges of implementing modern image loading functionalities in a compositor. They end with a humorous anecdote about their failed attempt at creating a new image viewer to overcome limitations in existing software.
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