[whatwg] <img srcset> for responsive bitmapped content images

[Edward O'Connor]

Aryeh wrote:

> I'd like to throw in another use-case that might be addressable by the
> same feature: allowing "Save As..." to save a different version of the
> image (e.g., higher-res) than is actually displayed.
[…]
> Another obvious use-case I'd like to point out is print.

Yes, these are both excellent reasons for us to adopt such a feature,
and the <img srcset> proposal can handle both cases.

> A fourth use-case I'd like to suggest is vector images. Last I
> checked, many authors don't want to serve SVG directly because too
> many browsers don't support it in <img> (or at all).

I'm not sure about this one. If a browser doesn't support SVG, I want to
be able to provide a bitmap fallback regardless of how I included the
SVG—in both the <img src> or inline <svg> element cases. <img srcset>
isn't about providing fallback, so this might best be addressed with a
different feature.

> It's possible that the best solution won't accommodate all of these
> use-cases, but I'm just throwing them out here so that they can be
> taken into account.

*nod*


Thanks,
Ted