"Chen Yixiong, Eric" wrote:
>
> > for example - will
> > offer web-optimized encoding palettes of 216 colours, with adequate
> > dithering algorithms that allow even users with lowly old VGA displays to
> > view graphics correctly. Have you (Mike) tried this?
>
> We should use the argument that reducing unneccessary colours can reduce the graphics file size, which speeds up loading for everyone. You will find it most amazing that I got a NASA Hubble Deep-Field Photo down from about 1.5Mb to 0.3Mb simply by reduc
ing the colours from a few million to 65536, and I still cannot make out the difference between the two photos. That surely helps a lot, though I wonder why NASA's top brains didn't think of it (or perhaps they have more important things to do).
Yes, this is why I use optimized pallettes. The GIF images on the site
each have their own optimized pallettes, which in each case winds up
being only a few colors actually being used in each graphic. Netscape
interprets these fine, the problem is IMHO in JR's particular video
setup. He may just have his monitor's color, or other settings, not
calibrated properly.
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