The Hack is Back!
Read OriginalThis technical article discusses the problem of image decoding blocking the main thread in web browsers, causing visual jank. It revisits a previous hack using a JavaScript decoder in a worker, criticizes its complexity, and introduces the native createImageBitmap API as a superior solution. The API allows decoding images in a worker thread, managed by the browser, to improve rendering performance.
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