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[RFC] Add WIC image loader and WinHTTP-based network backend

Open saitoha opened this issue 4 months ago • 0 comments

This patch adds a WIC (Windows Imaging Component) based image loader and a WinHTTP-based network backend (as an alternative to libcurl) for Windows builds.

The WIC-based loader can be helpful when dealing with image formats not otherwise supported, particularly .ico and .webp.

Unlike curl, WinHTTP supports only two protocols - HTTP and HTTPS - but its lack of external dependencies makes it a good fit from a portability standpoint.

saitoha avatar Aug 14 '25 13:08 saitoha