Show HN: A Safari extension to accelerate animated WebP images

Category: web-framework

Tags: safari-extension, webp, image-processing, canvas, browser-extension

Score: 5.5/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 7, Documentation: 6, Utility: 4)

A Safari extension for macOS and iOS that replaces slow or static animated WebP images with a custom canvas-based player that decodes frames efficiently and adds playback controls. It addresses a specific Safari rendering limitation with a non-trivial client-side decoder and streaming approach.

Target audience: frontend developers, web users on Safari

Repository: https://github.com/IliaMManolov/safari-animated-webp-extension · JavaScript · GPL-3.0

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