Re: Windows RT display calibration and profiling
Re: Windows RT display calibration and profiling
- Subject: Re: Windows RT display calibration and profiling
- From: edmund ronald <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:57:59 +0100
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Graeme Gill <email@hidden> wrote:
> edmund ronald wrote:
> > There is an obvious security issue with global profiles, in that a global
> > bad profile can lead to an unreadable screen. Think back to early Linux
> > days and the problems we all had with X display drivers that left us
> with a
> > borked black-screen system if we chose an unsupported resolution or our
> > card firmware was the wrong version.
>
> There are multiple ways of users configuring their devices to
> be unusable, even on such locked down boxes. Switching to
> a foreign language and borking the WiFi/Wireless connection
> will do it. The idea of security being the reason behind iOS
> not having color management doesn't hold any water to me. A
> judgement call about the purpose of the platform and a desire
> to not complicate it too much - I can well imagine that as
> a reason.
>
> Graeme Gill.
>
>
if that were the case, one might reason the platform would not support
per-application profiles, as is reported.
but then who can guess what Apple "thinks"? If ever any company had MPD
this it.
Edmund
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