Re: web colors puzzle - more q's

Got another question since we're on the subject.  I'm still not quite
straight on all this web-safe color thing.  I've been designing for quite a
while now and I've done my best to understand the color situation. What I
don't understand though is the following:

1) If my computer displays an image fine from a browser ( IE and/or NN) and
I have NOT converted to web-safe colors (which you usually cannot do with
scanned in images), why do I need to ensure an image is "web-safe" regarding
the colors?  I mean, isn't my computer being able to display them in these
browsers proof that the browsers have the capability to display them?

2) If my computer can display these images fine, why is it that certain
other computers display them fine and certain others cannot?  Is this
dependent on their graphics card? If so, how does converting to web-safe
colors help this matter at all?

3) And what may be the most important question of all pending answers to the
above: What is the best accepted way  of scanning images in and ensuring
that they are capable of being displayed as I intend them to look? An
example is http://www.a-rtextiles.com/Samples.htm .  The images on the left
on my system (Gateway/Win95 with IE 4.0 and NN 4.0 ) look great.  I'm not
sure that they will on all other's computers though.

TIA,
Keith D. Sellars
WebGraffix
www.webgraffix.com

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