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pageoneresults -> RE: Web-Safe Colors (4/11/2002 22:53:14)
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Hello sity, here are the latest statistics on color depths of browser displays. The days of working with a web safe 216 color palette are numbered although depending on your audience, there is still a concern.
There is a thread in the Tips section that has links to various web based color palettes that you can use to try and match your existing colors as close as possible. The .jpg images are really out of your control. For those people viewing in AOL, its something you have to accept!
8-bit (256 colours):
This accounts for <4% of page accesses, down slightly from 5% a year ago. Most users likely have old PCs. The percentage of PCs will continue to drop as older PCs are retired, but will remain significant for several years.
AOL 8-bit (256 colours):
This accounts for <5-6% of page accesses, by users of an AOL browser with image compression enabled: compression severely restricts the number of displayable colours. This percentage will likely remain about the same in the near future.
16-bit (65 536 colours):
This accounts for <48% of page accesses, down from <52% a year ago. Most of this drop has been in the last six months, with a corresponding rise in the number of higher color depth displays. Some users surely have old PCs, with little video memory; the rest likely have PCs whose color depths are set lower because many new PCs default to a lower color depth. For PCs the percentage will likely drop slowly.
24-bit and more (16 777 216 colours, and more): this accounts for <43% of page accesses, up from 38% percent a year ago. Most of this rise has been in the last six months, with a corresponding drop in the number of lower color depth displays. Most new PCs have enough video memory for high color depths, but many are set lower because many new PCs default to a lower color depth. The percentage will likely rise slowly.
The bottom line is that, although the number of those with 8 bit displays is small and shrinking, design for 256 colors will remain a serious issue so long as AOL continues to compress (mutilate) images.
Browser Statistics from Charles Upsdell
SEO Consultants Directory
Search Engine Optimization Tips
Edited by - pageoneresults on 04/11/2002 22:54:49
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