What image formats do the major browsers support? (2012)

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I was wondering what image formats (aside from the basic JPEG, GIF, PNG) the major browsers would support, especially Chrome, Firefox, and Webkit. If anyone can provide a link to a list somewhere (that is updated frequently to cope with the frequent updates recently) that would be great. Support for other formats (like document and video) would also be nice.

I feel like this information should be listed somewhere, but I didn't find any such thing when I searched.

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JPEG and PNG are supported by the every browser. But the new image format which is webP is only supported by the Chrome, and partially by the Firefox and not at all supported by the Safari at all. Thou WebP is really good as it does not compromise with the quality of the image and also reduce it to 25-35% less. But we cant still use it because it is less flexible in the different browser environment. But you can look for the other image format also which are available and compatible for each browser type.

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