[WEB4LIB] Re: HELP: GIF question

[Thomas Dowling]

>Thanks to all who responded to my question about a GIF image. The most
common response was that the two images looked the same to those who
viewed it.  A couple people went on to suggest that my monitor was
probably set to 256 colors, and that changing it to 16-bit color would
improve the rendering on my computer.  They were correct.
>

But...changing *your* monitor settings doesn't affect anyone else viewing
your site.  At many sites, I suspect, the time is coming to decide whether
supporting users with 256-color displays is worth a lot of effort--or any
at all.  If it is, you either need to allow browsers to work their
dithering magic or massage all images that coexist on a page into the same
color palette.  Any web-savvy graphics program should be able to do that.

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu