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Posted by News on 04/21/06 18:08
Neredbojias wrote:
> To further the education of mankind, "News"
> <warren@no_S_P_A_M_wyght.com> vouchsafed:
>
>> Neredbojias wrote:
>>> To further the education of mankind, "News"
>>> <warren@no_S_P_A_M_wyght.com> vouchsafed:
>>>
>>>> Is it true that there is a limited number of colors that can be
>>>> rendered on the internet?
>>>
>>> Yep. I think it's around 16,777,216.
>>
>> Grief is that all, there is no way I will be able to make my site
>> work now. ;-)
>>
>>>
>>>> If this is true, where can I go to learn about it?
>>>
>>> A search engine like Google. I dunno, maybe the string "color
>>> depth" might work.
>>
>> No kidding? I did that and found heaps of sites that said it is STILL
>> valid and others that said it is obsolete. I am not a caveman and
>> don't think just because it is painted on the wall it must be true
>
> I was a caveman once but they threw me in the hoosegow 'cause my loin
> cloth didn't meet community standards.
>
> Anyhow, I suppose everyone has an opinion, but the fact is that
> "web-safe colors" is term that is now mostly passe. Most computers,
> monitors, browsers, et al can display each one of the 16+ million
> colors just fine. Devices that possibly can't, such as those
> phone-things or whatever, probably have an algorthm which transduces
> colors satisfactorily.
Yup know what you mean, they locked me up for a stinking parking ticket I
refused to pay. Strip searced, poked, jabbed and then tossed me in the cave
with bars on it. They let me out and I still have not paid it... of course I
was a lot younger and heaps dumber then.
--
Totus possum, totum Deum.
Totus ero, totum meum.
WSW
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