Probs with background color

[Michael Haseltine]

As others have noted, this seems to be a problem with color palettes. It's
more than the difference between machines, however. Just yesterday, my
collegue who is putting together some of our web pages asked me to look at
one he had a background color on, and it looked as he intended it in
Netscape, but in Mosaic *on the same computer* (and at the same time), was
dithered and looked awful! So each application seems able--and bound--to
pick its own palette. We never see color-dithering on Star Trek! Makes one
realize crummy these machines still are...well, really, it's how we love to
put our attention on more is better, when it's not.

At 04:21 PM 12/21/95 -0800, you wrote:
>A few users have reported that when they view my library's
>web pages, they see the background as a weird sort
>of "tartan" pattern that renders my text virtually unreadable.
>I duplicated the effect on their equipment (Windows PC,
>Color Monitor, Netscape 1.1).  The background color
>is _supposed_  to be #E9C2A6, a nice, easy-on-the-eye
>solid.  When I view the pages on my own equipment
>(Windows PC, Color Monitor, Netscape 1.2N), it
>looks like it is intended to look.  Same with _most_
>other users.
>
>What's going on here?
>
>Many thx
>
>J.
>
>====================================================
>Joe Schallan, MLS                                 jschall at glenpub.lib.az.us

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Michael Haseltine -- Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona
haseltin at ag.arizona.edu