Favicon compression preview

Since a few months, RealFaviconGenerator can compress your favicon pictures for reduced bandwidth consumption. However, this option lacked three features:

  • You don't know in advance the compression rate you will likely get.
  • You don't know in advance if the quality loss will be acceptable.
  • It is a yes/no setting, you cannot choose the compression level.

This dark age is over with the new compression preview. The favicon editor now presents your master picture compressed with different quality settings.

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If the differences between the original picture and the compress one are hard to spot, you can easily compare them with the zoom.

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For now, the "expected compression rate" is not that accurate. I expect to improve it in a few month when enough favicons will have been compressed to establish reliable stats.