Re: 256 web page

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997
>From: P3D Jonathan Gross comments:
>..........
>OK, so what about putting only one image or set of images on an web
>page?  You can do it that way, but you can also travel East but going
>West, but for a much longer period of time
>
>If the viewer has enough video memory in the video adapter's frame
>buffer to display in true-color (24 or 32-bits/pixel), you can have as
>many images on a page as you like because every color will be
>represented to the best quality available by the viewing system (i.e.
>there is no problem).

*****  VERY well described except that the above is true to 16 bit images as
well. (The level at which 256 colors operates is 8 bit! :-)

>
>In high-color mode (16 bits) there still is a limitation of only 256
>colors PER WINDOW,

*****  What you meant was 8 bit color has this limitation....

> but each window can have its own optimized color
>palette.  Solution:  If you want to see an image or set of images in the
>best light possible (my family hates my puns), use your browser to put
>the images in a separate window.  In Netscape for example, if you select
>the graphic using the RIGHT mouse button, and use the "View Image"
>option, you will see the image in a separate window with an optimized
>pallet for that image (if you followed my advise above on how to post
>them).
>

*****  Thanks for saying this so well.

Larry Berlin

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