User blog comment:Harbumz/Introducing Vignette, Wikia's New Thumbnailer/@comment-961279-20150212061327

One of the issues with thumbnails and any picture being displayed at smaller than full size is that there was often a drop in quality because a separate image was being created and transmitted, rather than just sending the original picture and telling the browser, "display at X size". I know that's done to reduce bandwidth. Does Vignette have a new routine that gives a little better quality?