Web Safe Colors
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- pascii
hey kids
is it a myth, or are web-safe colors still needed today?
- paraselene0
nope.
you can chuck them right out the window. the whole rainbow is yours for the taking, pascii!
although oranges will always look a bit crap.
- weestu0
bananas don't look too hot either
- kelpie0
depends how absolutist you are about fascistic accessibility compliance. We've a boy here who occasionally forces me to design in web colours if the client is particularly huge and visible.
tis daft, I say, however.
- ********0
"web safe colours' is now seems to be a term used by people who try to use lingo to beat people over the head with, or justify their position within a company.
Be wary of these 'issue raisers' they contribute nothing.
- kelpie0
nah, don't agree - certainly in my case this guy is constantly pulling his weight and then some, he has principles though which can rub up against mine (ours) the odd time.
we all have them though eh? something tells me we on the design side are often the absolute worst for it. It's no different at all, in fact, there's probably a more logical argument for it.
- paraselene0
i don't see how accessibility comes into it. i think that people on pdas or using archaic machines might have a lesser user experience visually if you take advantage of the whole spectrum, but the content of the site remains unaffected, so i don't really get this argument. can you explain?
- ********0
accessibility comes into it if you use a poor choice of colours - websafe or not. If your choice lacks contrast (white text on light grey) then you're not making an accessible site.
I think you can safely discount the web safe palette. All we're waiting on now is those pesky 800x600 twats and Dancer and his 57k modem bringing down the whole system with them. Curses!
- ********0
nah, don't agree - certainly in my case this guy is constantly pulling his weight and then some, he has principles though which can rub up against mine (ours) the odd time.
kelpie
(Feb 22 07,Well in that case, has he a got a reason to use them? If so, you can't argue with that.
Simply being 'inclusive' isn't enough, all things discriminate on some level. The logic needs to be more convincing.
Agreed on the 2nd part of your comment too.
- kelpie0
its not about whether a percentage of people have this colour setting or that colour setting, its about at all times (for certain types of clients/sites, with certain requirements) to make use of the lowest common denominator, when really there is absolutely no reason whatsoever not to, unless you're being precious about a particular shade of green.
ok, I'm on the wind up there, but the point about building something from the absolute bottom up is valid, in the particular case I am referencing the client had extremely stringent standards to uphold in terms of how content was to be delivered and using that palette fitted that level of anality (my new word, btw) ;)
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- kelpie0
(but I'd punch him if he suggested it for 90% of the things I work on)
- ********0
Didn';t you answer your question there.
If the company ethos is to do things from a position of the lowest common denominator then they have a point.
But then again, a blakc and white site would do the same and be more consistent across all monitors...see where I am going with this?
- kelpie0
yes.
- ********0
you have to discriminate on some level with this.
If it company policy, then you need to question why its being used in this particular instance and not others?
- kelpie0
I was actually answering para with the long post though.
on that point, a black and white site might look great (most of this one was, btw ;) ) but, aside from our designerly urge to have just exactly the correct tints and shades, some "prettying up" or brand consistency could still be achieved within that set up, so it made sense to go that way.
I'm not trying to be a standards fascist or some kind of colour troglodyte here, I did say "unless" your being a total fascist about his in my original post.
- kelpie0
their company policy seemed perfectly legit to me, I don't really get why anyone would have a problem with it, pernickity it may be, but its not hurting anyone.
- ********0
the policy is fine, its how its applied is what would concern me
Hence my original comment is that sometimes these things are used by lesser expereinced people as hooks to hang their coats on is still valid.
Also, I thought you were the original poster...I think I have 'thread-brain' today.
- kelpie0
its cool, I just fancied an argument. :D
- ********0
My dance card is never full
- ********0
That would be, my 'arguments dance-card'
- kelpie0
hehe