Re: Detect user graphics card?

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justaguy, 24.06.2012 13:31:

> I have an iframe which uses the #BDD3FF background color to make it
> more appealing, however, recently I realize on some low end laptops
> this background color looks deep blue (bad), so, I wonder if there's
> a
> way to detect the user's graphics card via a web browser (since it's
> a
> web app) so as to provide appropriate background color.

No. You should to use a "websafe color", if you want to be sure that the
color generally works in most environments:

<http://www.colortools.net/color_chart_web-safe.html>





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Detect user graphics card? justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> - 2012-06-24 04:31 -0700
  Re: Detect user graphics card? Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-06-24 14:30 +0200
    Re: Detect user graphics card? justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> - 2012-06-24 07:43 -0700
    Re: Detect user graphics card? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-25 05:14 +0200
      Re: Detect user graphics card? justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> - 2012-06-24 21:01 -0700
      Re: Detect user graphics card? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-06-26 13:27 +0200
        Re: Detect user graphics card? justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> - 2012-06-26 12:54 -0700
        Re: Detect user graphics card? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-26 22:38 +0200
          Re: Detect user graphics card? Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 01:05 +0200
            Re: Detect user graphics card? Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 07:07 -0700
          Re: Detect user graphics card? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-06-29 16:41 -0700
            Compute web-safe colors (was: Detect user graphics card?) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-06-30 10:40 +0200
        Re: Detect user graphics card? Dr J R Stockton <reply1226@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-06-27 19:44 +0100
  Re: Detect user graphics card? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2012-06-27 17:57 +0200

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