Nemesis_Ghost t1_ixts3tj wrote
Reply to comment by Luthemplaer in ELI5: In recent years, new formats like webp and jfif have started popping up. However, if I rename them to gif or jpeg, they still work. How can it be that renaming the extension doesn't ruin the image format? Why do they even exist then? by Luthemplaer
They can.
If you are talking about double-clicking the file in a folder you have to set that up in your OS. In Windows you can right click & do "Open With" and select your preferred app. In the Open With menu you can pick "Choose another app" & then there's a check box "Always use this app to open...". Check that check box & pick your app, then next time you double click that file type it'll open with that app.
If you are trying to use the Open File dialog box, you can change the extension(s) it's looking for. You can manually type in *. followed by the extension. So for jfifs, you'd type in "*.jfif". Or most times there's a drop down next to where you can type in the file name & you can pick a file type or set of types.
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