- From: Daniel Glazman <Daniel.Glazman@der.edfgdf.fr>
- Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 09:10:19 +0100 (WET DST)
- To: todd@lowbrow.com (Todd Fahrner)
- Cc: Daniel.Glazman@der.edf.fr, lawranc5@airmail.net, www-style@w3.org
> Thus spake Daniel Glazman: > > > Not for the moment in a single property as shown. But I agree with you > > it could be very useful... > > It would be useful if you could conditionalize its application based on > whether the display is set for 24-bit or better color. Otherwise you're > asking for gross banding or legibility-killing dithering. This is analogous > to justified text: unless you know that a quality hyphenation algorithm is > implemented and active in the UA, asking for justification is asking for > ugly word- and letter-spacing. Hello Todd, I have to disagree with you. It can also be a browser boolean option like the existing "dither images" saying "refuse gradient backgrounds". When a web server contains a great image with a too wide colormap the browser cannot handle, it is the same thing, and such images exist in the web. In fact, the web is full of this kind of images. I understand that if the rendering engine knows the context, the algorithm can be more (or less) efficient. But this is not IMO a good reason why gradients should be left away. The problem you're mentioning is related to the rendering medium, not to the styles. </Daniel>
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