RE: web safe background

Hello,

I'm not offended, so don't worry.

I'm just amused by the initial posting.

I'm getting very tired of web design "traditions" we all see to be caught up
in.  For me, a cry of "why doesn't this web safe colour display on my
monitor" sums it all up.  Similarly, when Netscape 6 was released, I laughed
out loud at a message saying "why doesn't this cross-browser script work in
Netscape 6!?".

I am very aware of the web safe theory, but I find it unnecessarily
restrictive, and that it rarely has any practical implications.

I agree entirely with your message below.

Tim



www.timbooker.com




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kehvan M. Zydhek [mailto:kehvan(at)zydhek.net]
> Sent: 27 March 2001 00:59
> To: tim booker
> Subject: Re: web safe background
>
>
> Tim,
>
> Personally, I don't believe in a "web-safe pallette" but others do. In
> today's age where it very much common to find 800x600 or larger screen
> resolutions and 24-bit color depths, I build my pages so they
> look good,
> using the colors I want. If the colors dither for someone
> using an older
> system, such is life. Maybe it'll encourage the user to spend
> a little bit
> of cash on a better monitor or video card rather than on a bunch of
> soft-drink, snacky-cakes or whatever else they spend their
> moeny on. Maybe
> not. But that's THEIR problem, not mine. Sure, it's a
> cavalier attitude, but
> so long as my CLIENT is happy with the results of their site,
> the "rules"
> and "theories" for proper web design and coloring can be
> thrown out the
> window. That doesn't mean I don't TRY to make the experience
> enjoyable for
> less-capable browsers and systems, but they're not my highest
> priority,
> either.
>
> Regarding your response to me, however, my post was based on
> YOUR comment:
> "If it dithers in two browsers on your system, then why do
> you refer to it
> as a web safe colour?" -- that comment implies that you
> weren't certain of
> the color being referenced as being truly "web-safe" so I
> pointed how the
> theory behind what is considered web safe. It was not a
> personal attack on
> you, regardless of how you took it. I'm sorry if you were
> offended by it.
>
> Kehvan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tim booker" <timbooker(at)btinternet.com>
> To: "'Kehvan M. Zydhek'" <kehvan(at)zydhek.net>; "'Peter Anderson'"
> <peter(at)launch-pad.com>; <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 15:33
> Subject: RE: web safe background
>
>
> | Yes, thank you.  I am well versed in the myth of the web
> safe pallette.
> |
> |
> |
> | www.timbooker.com
>
>
>
>

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