JPEG XL support is back in Firefox Nightly

Their standards position is still neutral

https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/522#is... https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/blob/711c5330...

> In Firefox Labs, there are is an option to enable JPEG XL support, a super-optimised version of JPEG that is gaining traction (despite Google’s intransigence).

Why did JPEG XL get removed in the first place?

Because Chrom* removed it.

Firefox is independent of Chromium, why would they remove it?

Unclear, imho I think Mozilla thought jxl had zero chances of chrome was not supporting it and hence they gave it up.

Or, they were using the same google-developed library.