----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo J. O'Campo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [WSG] CSS Shorthand for color
> While we are on the topic of color palettes and standard color > notation, IMHO using the web safe palette for desktop websites is like > coding for Mosaic. In this day and age, just about any color monitor > still working, can display better than 8 bit color. ;-) Actually, I would argue that it isn't as simple as that. Lately, I have noticed in my access logs that more and more PDA/cellphone users are hitting my website. Many of these devices are only capable of rendering the so-called browser-safe colors. Indeed, some only have 16 colors. It seems that a sensible philosophy is to consider your target audience. If you are going to have many users accessing with devices of limited color performance, use the web-safe palette. Alternatively, you might consider producing a "light" version of a site that caters to these devices, by means of an alternate stylesheet. Since few of these devices support the "handheld" media type, you may need to sniff for them. Another thing to consider is the large number of people who suffer some form of color blindness. This may further limit the palette you have available. Simon Jessey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jessey.net/blog/ ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
