Re: the 216 colour safe palette

by simone(at)genesisnetwork.net (Demitrius)

 Date:  Mon, 5 Jan 1998 22:14:36 -0800
 To:  "Deborah Rorabaugh" <dandello(at)pacifier.com>,
<hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
  todo: View Thread, Original
Hi Deborah,

>> So you are there in the field and you change it (screen depth) for them.
But for a web page,
>> would you say "be web-safe" or do you think people would follow
instructions
>> to change the bit-depth and resolution settings themselves?

Perhaps I was misunderstood. I was *not* trying to make a case for ignoring
the 256 color limit. Quite the contrary! I *always* optimize my GIF color
palettes, for 2 reasons. One, to look acceptable at 256 color depth and two,
to speed downloads.

I set my prospects color depth to 24 bit because everything just looks
better - not because I'm trying to change the world.

I agree with others who have said to create for the lowest common
denominator. The operative word, of course, is "common". Hey, there's still
a few out there with *16* colors!

...nope. Ain't gonna do it. You can't make me.   =)

Regards,
Demitrius >I<
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