[thelist] browser safte and developement

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 26 13:47:49 CDT 2001


> From: "Kevin" <krr at ix.netcom.com>
>
> While developing is it a good idea to have your computers setting
> configured for a browser safe palette '8 bit' so that you can see how
> badly your site will be scrambled if the user is not viewing it using
> 16bit?

it's a good idea to account for it, but keep in mind that the 216 web-safe 
palette isn't really safe at all... for instance, 16-bit displays won't show most 
of it the way an 8-bit or 24-bit+ display will...  in fact, you've really only got 
22 colors, according to some, with which to play if you really want to stay 
safe... regardless, yes, you should be familiar with it, but how much you 
test it is up to you and your audience...

Death of the Websafe Color Palette?
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/37/index2a.html?




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