Browser defined background color?

[Chris P. Bacon]

Hi,

Is it possible to make the background color change, if a user got a certain browser? Like, an IE user get #131313, a Firefox user get #FFFFFF.

Im asking because for some reason, IE shows a darker color than the one i designed my site with... This shows the outline of my design in IE. I gave my entire website #131313 as bg color in Photoshop, and as my bgcolor on the site, but IE shows the designpart, as a darker color.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[jscheuer1]

If you are using a stylesheet to set these colors, it is fairly easy. Are you?

However, there is no real good reason I can think of why this should be the case (though there might be some browser bug or quirk causing it) so, the better question would be, "Why is this even happening and how can I stop it?"

Even if it is a quirk, perhaps just forcing the browser out of quirks mode would fix it. The best method, if possible, would be to stop it from happening, rather than add to code to change things for certain browsers.

Can you supply a link to your page?

[Twey]

I gave my entire website #131313 as bg color in Photoshop

Hm? How? Photoshop is an image-editing suite.

[Chris P. Bacon]

Hm? How? Photoshop is an image-editing suite.

Yup, but I made my design in Photoshop, and then cut it up in pieces. It is the background color on these pieces, that get darker in IE, but its the exact same color i put as background color in my code. This also works perfect in Firefox, but not in IE.

jscheuer1 - It is a portfolio site, so its very fast to load, and got a low amount of code. Some extra strings to make sure this dont happen, would not be a problem.

I have tested it on several computers, its the same prob. I would be very happy for some code to fix it.

[jscheuer1]

If you are using a stylesheet to set these colors, it is fairly easy. Are you?

Are you?

[Chris P. Bacon]

Are you?

Oops sorry, yes I am.

[Twey]

Yup, but I made my design in Photoshop, and then cut it up in pieces.

That's a very bad way to design a site. Nevertheless, what image format are you using?

[Chris P. Bacon]

This shows the problem:

Firefox: http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/9...versionuj0.jpg

IE: http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7...versionms6.jpg Notice the change in color, at each side.

[Chris P. Bacon]

That's a very bad way to design a site. Nevertheless, what image format are you using?

Why is it bad? In this case, I only got 3 main graphics; a top, content, and bottom. They are .png files.

[Twey]

As I suspected -- gamma correction. Don't save gamma information with the file. You can read more about the problem of gamma correction here.

Why is it bad?

It doesn't allow text to be resized, and makes for a fixed-width site that looks bad in resolutions other than those for which it was designed.