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imgsupport

Detecting support for WebP, JPEG 2000, JPEG XR and SVG to supply the best image for the UA

Install

Download/fork the script to your server.

Insert script before any <link> tag to css file, so browser will start to download right images.

<html>
  <head>
    <title>My Page</title>
    <script src="imgsupport.js"></script>
    ...
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="mystyles.css">
    ...

What this script do?

Like modernizr, it injects one or a few CSS class names to the document element, e. g. <html>, according to which image formats are supported by the browser:

webp – if browser supports weppy, then this class will be added. Currently it's Chrome, Opera and all browseers based on Chromium engine.
jp2 – browser supports JPEG 2000. It's Safari for Mac OS X and all browsers for iOS (based on iOS WebKit).
jpx – browser supports JPEG XR... Internet Explorer 9+ on Windows Vista+.
svg – all modern browsers, but this class is set only if none of the above formats are supported. Currently it's Firefox only.
png – if even SVG is not supported... fallback variant.
Additionally are added classes for not supported formats: notwebp, notjp2, notjpx and notsvg.

Example results

Chrome

<html class="webp notjpx notjp2">

Safari

<html class="notwebp notjpx jp2">

Firefox

<html class="notwebp notjpx notjp2 svg">

Usage

You can use css-cascade to specify what kind of image your browser must download:

.webp .myelem {
  background-image: url('myimage.webp');
}
.jpx .myelem {
  background-image: url('myimage.wdp');
}
.jp2 .myelem {
  background-image: url('myimage.jp2');
}
.svg .myelem {
  background-image: url('myimage.svg');
}
.png .myelem {
  background-image: url('myimage.png');
}

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