GIFs vs JPEGs

Abhay

Quite a few posts ago, you listed the three occasions only, you would cho=
ose
GIF over JPEG. I'm wondering if a fourth situation is possible. =


For a site I'm working on (which unfortunately is currently only on the
internal development server), I have a background vertical JPEG. It consi=
sts
of a coloured block at the top followed by a pure white column. On top of=

this, I've placed a photographic image with a 3D effect. Not sure of the
effect of placing a JPEG image with a white border on top of a background=

white JPEG, I converted the photographic image to a GIF with a transparen=
t
background (thanks to my newly acquired knowledge of the joys of transpar=
ency
with Photoshop). =


Putting a white bordered JPEG, on top of a white background JPEG, looks f=
ine
on my system. However, the white background JPEG appears spotty on older
systems/browsers, I believe due to support of a smaller range of colours.=

Anyway, I thought the GIF option was best. Let me know if this is not the=
 case
and there really are only three occasions when one should use GIF... ;-)

Cheers
Sharon

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