It occured to me, after posting the above, that the problem is probably due a defective decompression algorithm.
Al Rider wrote: > You're right about the tint. In fact the story is even more interesting > than that. I just measured three colors, on one of maps, using Moz, > IE6, and the original. > > [red, green, blue] > > Tan: > Orig: 239, 232, 223 > IE6: 239, 231, 223 > Moz: 239, 235, 222 > > Yellow [pure]: They are all exact > > Blue [not pure]: > Orig: 175, 199, 208 > IE6: 165, 195, 206 > Moz: 173, 199, 214 > > This phenominon [pardon the spelling, no spell checker in Moz] may be > due to whether or not, and how, the rendering agents use the system's > Color Management settings. > > Though it is not obvious to me why anyone would screw with the color > space in a browser. It can only make the colors appear different than > the posted image. > > Maybe some knowledgeble folks could weigh in on this subject. > > Al......... > > > Morten Nilsen wrote: > >> Al Rider wrote: >> >>> try this site. Simple, clean pngs. I just treied it, works fine on >>> 20011210 >>> >>> http://www.ridersite.org/JFK50/JFK50maps.htm >>> >> >> Speaking of PNG ... >> can anyone tell me why some png's show up with an overall tint error >> (on transparency as well) in mozilla when they are ok in IE and vice >> versa? >> >> and how is MNG support on a general basis these days? does any other >> browser (IE) support them? is there a site which employs MNG? where is >> waldo? :) >> >
