@genxer Part of me wants to point out that it's been getting worse ever since we started using HTTP (the hyperTEXT transfer protocol) for displaying images. Never mind downloading binary files of all kinds (which is clearly the purview of the FILE transfer protocol). ;-)

But of course, that's tongue in cheek... although to be fair, images on the web was the beginning of the takeover by the marketing department. :-P @w3c