[argyllcms] Re: Color management in google chrome

  • From: George Pop <gapop@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:30:32 +0300


> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:07:53 +0200
> From: E.Dinkla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [argyllcms] Re: Color management in google chrome
> 
> On 04/25/2012 10:41 AM, Ernst Dinkla wrote:
> > As I understand it Chrome has one flaw; it considers all web images as
> > sRGB tagged. In the eyes of CM experts probably considered a big fault
> > but what does it mean in practice? The best advice is still to use sRGB
> > tagged images on the web. The increasing mobile web surfing done without
> > any CM features does not degrade that advice. Are there other flaws in
> > Chrome ? .. it can not be its speed.
> >
> > I agree that everything should have CM, including phones but until that
> > is solved is Chrome not a good choice as a stop gap solution?
> >
> >
> 
> So it uses qcms, may not be a good idea after all.
> 
> -- 
> Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst
> 
> Dinkla Grafische Techniek
> Quad, piëzografie, giclée
> www.pigment-print.com
> 
> 


The so-called QCMS is a component of Firefox. Chrome doesn't do color 
management at all. That doesn't only mean that it doesn't take into account the 
image color space, it also means it doesn't take into account your display 
profile.
                                          

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