Are "web-safe" colors still applicable?

[nic777]

Are web-safe colors still applicable for web design? Or have we moved beyond this and all browsers and operating systems generate color the same way?

Thanks

 

[kifoth]

999 times out a thousand, no. But then there's always that one...

The main problem to look out for is gif's or jpg's with a non-web safe background overlaid against an HTML element with the same background colour. Sometimes a browser uses different routines to work out the html and image colours, so it renders the colours slightly differently. You'll be able to see where your image ends and the html begins...

I use them by default, but not as a hard and fast rule.

 

[ettubrute]

I tend to ignore them completely, and use jpg's extensively. For gif's, I try to always have a websafe color as background, or better yet, have a transparent "background". That way, it is correct on most platforms, I'd say about 99.999% of them! The other 0.001% just have to live with their crap systems!

 

[nocilah]

Are web-safe colors still applicable for web design? Or have we moved beyond this and all browsers and operating systems generate color the same way?

Thanks

always cater for a large percentage of your audience and your target market. If your target market are rural schools using outdated hardware then yes. if it is an IT crowd or higher LSM groups then don't worry.

Fact is you will never be able to please everyone so aim for the majority.

 

[bb_matt]

no.

 

[noxibox]

The main problem to look out for is gif's

I'm surprised anyone still uses GIF.

 

[antonbijl]

I'm surprised anyone still uses GIF.

Why??

 

[CrazyBob]

I'm surprised anyone still uses GIF.

I'm surprised you said that.

For images with mostly flat colours or few colours, esp. things like text, gifs are definately the way to go.