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It's already been implemented. Chrome used to support JPEG XL if you enabled the hidden flag. The author of that code is still keeping it up to date in case Chrome wants to merge it back.

That mythical someone you speak of has done all the correct things already. This is squarely Google not wanting that feature.

Chromium is an open-source browser, not Chrome.

So implement it in chromium, and the conversation can move to "why is Chrome not adopting this feature that is already compatible with the codebase?"

Chrome and Chromium are the same dev team. Open source doesn't mean that they'll accept any pull request. It was implemented in Chromium, as an experimental feature, and then removed.

Have you never heard of forking?

Like this? https://github.com/Alex313031/thorium-libjxl/tree/6709732123...

Excellent. This is a good approach. The most hilarious way to deal with Google's lack of leadership would be to build out a browser that rivals their offering on top of their own core.

It is already in the code base. They're removing it.

Just like Rust is open source ;)