Re: Color management in web browsers, was: Printing with No Color Management (again)
Re: Color management in web browsers, was: Printing with No Color Management (again)
- Subject: Re: Color management in web browsers, was: Printing with No Color Management (again)
- From: Chris Murphy <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:06:45 -0600
On Apr 29, 2011, at 10:50 AM, René Damkot wrote:
> On 29-04-11 18:22, Chris Murphy wrote:
>> Now we could fix two of these problems by saying all untagged content: CSS, HTML, GIF, JPEG, PNG, etc. are all assumed to be sRGB and thus subject to conversion.
>
> I think this is exactly what for instance Firefox (with full CM enabled) does?
> Seems like the only way IMO. The default for FF3.6 / FF4 and Safari (assume monitor profile for untagged images) is rather silly IMO.
> Gives problems like seen here: http://www.smugmug.com/help/safari/safari.html
Yeah but again, it's going to have two consequences that thus far no one is willing to bite the bullet on:
1. Is the disconnect that will happen between CSS/HTML/images and Flash (or other plugin content). Turning color management on in the browser cannot color manage plugin content.
2. We have been sending "sRGB encoded" images directly to our displays for so long, the creep of display behavior away from sRGB is going to be remarkably pronounced (in my estimation) if we suddenly start color managing content assuming present day sRGB as the assumed source. In the URL provided, you can see this even with orange colors.
Now, the sRGB version may very well be "correct" but a sudden change is going to get a lot of pushback from a percentage of millions of users who won't understand what's going on. I know this isn't going to get any better the longer we wait, unless we come up with a version 2.0 sRGB or something.
All I'm saying is there will be consequences and those need to be incorporated. The ends don't justify the means. We have to take the means into account. So far those things (in part) have prevented flipping the switch on this.
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