yorri said:
I would suggest you take a course on computer graphics because you shouldn't use jpegs for solid color images. Not only do gif's produce smaller images but give you the transparency you obviously require. I use IE 6, win xp and 16 bit color which is not something very odd. 16 bit color is perfectly fine for everything I use...all real life photos look great without dithering. Just because you use the same hex number does not guarantee that they are view the same on 2 different computers.
As for popup blockers. I think since millions of people use these...any designer with any business sense wouldn't use them...do you really think you can control your customers???? That seems a little arrogant.
I will forever use a popup blocker AND will continue to use my avant browser that blocks those annoying java and flash advertisements as well. I will not have someone tell me what to view. Continue to use popups on your site if you wish...you are not going to change the world.
Someone is a bit touchy...
You suggest I take a course in computer graphics? What are you, like 12? First of all, I didn't insult you, so you should at least make an attempt to be civil. That's what grown-ups are supposed to do. I used jpegs because of the complexity of the images. You clearly are not seeing what the images are supposed to look like, or you just don't know what you're talking about. Gifs are great for flat, simple images such as vector graphics. The gradients, and number of color fades in my images made the gif files HUGE, and even then, the GIFS didn't look as good as the JPEGS because of the subtle color differences. And you may want to consider increasing your color depth to 24bit because what you're seeing is obviously not what the rest of the users here see and maybe that's the problem.
"do you really think you can control your customers???? That seems a little arrogant." Yes, Yorri, I DO CONTROL my customers, HA HA HA HA HA (evil grin). In reality, I know that I can't control my customers nor do I have any control over their system setup. I'd make myself crazy trying to please everyone. Maybe I should develop my entire site for text only browsers, because then, I'd be able to cater to any browser on the internet right? That would be absurd. I can attempt to make my site as functional as possible, in as many browsers as possible, but I do draw the line right before insanity sets in. As far as the borders around all of my images, I'm not quite sure what the answer is. I know that the answer is not GIFS. Once again, I didn't insult you, so you don't need to imply that I'm arrogant.
Feel free to continue using your pop-up blocker and your avant browser. I know that statistically speaking, approximately 94% of the users on the internet are using IE4+. I don't know the numbers on popup blockers, but I'm sure that the majority of people at my website using popup blockers understand how to disable them and can do so when they realize that it's blocking valuable content. I may consider taking off the popups, but they do offer a certain functionality that I prefer, so I haven't made up my mind yet.
Oh, and one more thing yorri, make sure you read this.
Ha, I just told you what to view. Seriously, smile, laugh, have fun. Life is too short to take yourself so seriously.
Have a nice day.
Ryan
PS. I considered that maybe you were an extraordinary artist as you seem to be rather condescending towards me. I looked at your site. Not bad although it's not as good as I'd have expected from someone so critical of other people's work.
