Web Image Formats: Assessment of Their Real-World-Usage and Performance across Popular Web Browsers (PROFES 2023 - Research Papers) - PROFES 2023

Sun 10 - Wed 13 December 2023 Dornbirn, Austria

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Benedikt Dornauer, Michael Felderer

Track

PROFES 2023 Research Papers

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Tue 12 Dec 2023 12:20 - 12:30 at W211 - Software Development and Project Management Chair(s): Davide Taibi

Abstract

In 2023, images on the web make up 41% of transmitted data, significantly impacting the performance of web apps. Fortunately, image formats like WEBP and AVIF could offer advanced compression and faster page loading but may face performance disparities across browsers. Therefore, we conducted performance evaluations on five major browsers - Chrome, Edge, Safari, Opera, and Firefox - while comparing four image formats. The results indicate that the newer formats exhibited notable performance enhancements across all browsers, leading to shorter loading times. Compared to the compressed JPEG format, WEBP and AVIF improved the Page Load Time by 21% and 15%, respectively. However, web scraping revealed that JPEG and PNG still dominate web image choices, with WEBP at 4% as the most used new format. Through the web scraping and web performance evaluation, this research serves to (1) explore image format preferences in web applications and analyze distribution and characteristics across frequently-visited sites in 2023 and (2) assess the performance impact of distinct web image formats on application load times across popular web browsers.

Benedikt Dornauer

University of Innsbruck; University of Cologne

Austria

Michael Felderer

German Aerospace Center (DLR) & University of Cologne

Germany

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	11:00 - 12:30	Software Development and Project ManagementResearch Papers / Organization / Short Papers and Posters / Industry Papers at W211 Chair(s): Davide Taibi University of Oulu and Tampere University

	11:00 10m Research paper		Virtual Reality Collaboration Platform for Agile Software Development Research Papers Enes Yigitbas Paderborn University, Iwo Witalinski Paderborn University, Sebastian Gottschalk Paderborn University, Gregor Engels Paderborn University
	11:10 10m Research paper		Effects of Ways of Working on Changes to Understanding of Benefits – Comparing Projects and Continuous Product Development Research Papers Sinan Tanilkan Norwegian Computing Center, Jo Hannay Simula Research Laboratory
	11:20 10m Research paper		To Memorize or to Document: A Survey of Developers’ Views on Knowledge Availability Research Papers Jacob Krüger Eindhoven University of Technology, Regina Hebig University of Rostock
	11:30 10m Industry talk		Facilitating Security Champions in software projects - an experience report from Visma Industry Papers Anh Nguyen Duc University College of Southeast Norway, Daniela Cruzes Norwegian University of Science and Technology , Hege Aalvik Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Monica Iovan Visma
	11:40 10m Research paper		Benefits and Challenges of an Internal Corporate Accelerator in a Software Company: An Action-Research Study Research Papers Vanessa Lopes Abreu Universidade Federal do Pará, Anderson Jorge Serra Costa Universidade Federal do Pará, André Luiz Coelho Pinheiro Universidade Federal do Pará, Cleidson de Souza Vale Institute of Technology and Federal University of Pará Belém
	11:50 10m Short-paper		A Process for Scenario Prioritization and Selection in Simulation-Based Safety Testing of Automated Driving Systems Short Papers and Posters Fauzia Khan University of Tartu, Hina Anwar University of Tartu, Dietmar Pfahl University of Tartu
	12:00 10m Research paper		The Journey to Serverless Migration: An Empirical Analysis of Intentions, Strategies, and Challenges Research Papers Muhammad Hamza Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT), Muhammad Azeem Akbar LUT University, Kari Smolander LUT University
	12:10 10m Research paper		On the Role of Font Formats in Building Efficient Web Applications Research Papers Benedikt Dornauer University of Innsbruck; University of Cologne, Wolfgang Vigl University of Innsbruck, Michael Felderer German Aerospace Center (DLR) & University of Cologne
	12:20 10m Research paper		Web Image Formats: Assessment of Their Real-World-Usage and Performance across Popular Web Browsers Research Papers Benedikt Dornauer University of Innsbruck; University of Cologne, Michael Felderer German Aerospace Center (DLR) & University of Cologne