Browser Safe Palette

I believe it's safe to design without the browser-safe palette. I believe this because so few computer users view the web in 256 colors anymore.

Keep in mind however, that many companies that hire designers and developers still feel it's a badge of Web design honor to work with these colors, so you might want to know how to use them if you have to.

At this point, the palette is built into Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Illustrator, Freehand, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, GoLive, and just about any professional Web design development tool, so using it is fairly easy.

Conversely, there's no harm in using the browser-safe palette either. It simply limits your choices to 216 colors. Most people don't have a lot of color picking confidence, and working with limited color choices is easier. At this point, there's no right or wrong when it comes to which colors you pick, but more important to know how to combine colors in pleasing and effective ways.

Who would have thought that computers would mature as quickly as they have? In those early days of the web, only the professional designer had a system that supported thousands or millions of colors. Today, any consumer is going to see all the colors you can throw their way.

Those of us who had to learn to design for the Web in the old days developed a skill that is fast becoming obsolete. So much for moving forward. It's great liberation in my opinion.

So till my next post ya, its bye from Ganz.

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