207689 - Ability to save images in multiple file formats (at least optionally offer to save as bitmap/BMP etc.)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Graphics: ImageLib, enhancement)

Description

[Dave Baker]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507

IE 6 has a feature where the user can "Save Image As.." and save it as either
the original file type or as a BMP.  It would be nice if Mozilla could save
images as BMPs, TIFs, PNGs, etc., formats other than the original file's format.
 We use the Internet often to find pictures for a newspaper we publish, and
sometimes JPGs we save do not import properly into Photoshop, so we are forced
to use BMPs instead.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Bill Mason]

*** Bug 224316 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2

[Kevin Ar18]

Bug 152163 made this same suggestion before this bug report.  However, Bug
152163 only deals with bitmaps.  Would it be appropriate to mark Bug 152163 as a
duplicate considering this bug report covers more areas?

Also, I believe the following changes would be appropriate:
Hardware -> All
OS -> All

Comment 3

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

*** Bug 280576 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4

[OstGote!]

I'm not sure if this is the right component: ImageLib decodes GIF, JPEG and PNG
images, and provides the decoded data to the compositor for display. See
http://www.mozilla.org/quality/browser/imaging-bug-writing.html.

Perhaps File Handling or something other fits better.

Comment 5

[OstGote!]

*** Bug 152163 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 7

[Xanthor Sccas]

I still would like to have this feature

Comment 8

[Holger Pollmann]

I certainly would like to see this functionality.

Comment 9

[Bobby Holley (:bholley)]

I don't think we want this. There are plenty of transcoding tools available, and I don't see a compelling reason for having one in the browser that justifies the additional code complexity.

Resolving WONTFIX.