Firefox 3 Enabling Color Profiling

[theflyingkiwi]

to enable the colour management.

by default this isn't turned on in Firefox 3 however to turn it on, open a new tab (or window) and type in the address bar

about:config

this will display a warning

Here be Dragons!
click on the I'll be careful, I Promise button and bingo your in.

in the filter bar, type in gfx. and this will filter out any unwanted stuff and will now display only 3 options

find gfx.color_management.enabled double-click anywhere on that line to toggle the setting to True.

restart Firefox and bingo, when the colour management is embedded in to the photo Firefox 3 will understand it and display the correct colours.

Just remember don't change any other settings in this area unless told so by a parent or guardian. if none are around then don't change a thing.

[weka2000]

what does the colour management do exactly.

[theflyingkiwi]

it supports the colour managed display of photos with embedded ICC profiles.

yes that's rights folks, if you save an image without the embedded ICC profiles then you may not get the colours displayed correctly.

so Tony, after all this time if you don't understand what ICC Profiles are then I recommend you do some reading.

[weka2000]

it supports the colour managed display of photos with embedded ICC profiles.

yes that's rights folks, if you save an image without the embedded ICC profiles then you may not get the colours displayed correctly.

so Tony, after all this time if you don't understand what ICC Profiles are then I recommend you do some reading.

Well if the save for web function in PS turns them into sRGB and I have a colour calebrated screen where is the advantage ?

[theflyingkiwi]

since the option of "saving for the web" removes any ICC profile information, there will be no advantage.

However monitor calibration is only one part of seeing the correct colours for any image on a machine.

However also using that same features can change the colour gamut for any giving photo. if you wish the anyone to see the photos correctly then you should be showing them (on the web or else where) with in the ICC profile information with in the photo. If you are really unsure of the differences that this will give you then I recommend you test it out. Find a photo with embedded ICC profile and load the same image in to Firefox 3 and IE and then see the differences. while it will not be earth shatting, there is a difference. I did this test with a beta version of Firefox3 and I saw a difference.

this feature is like everything else that comes with Firefox, it there to enable you more control over what you see. But however since you still unable to load a dictionary to your browser then perhaps this feature isn't for you.

use it or not, not up to me and I don't care. There are some however that may find this feature useful.

[weka2000]

Why did I expect the dictonary bit to come up :lol:

[theflyingkiwi]

Why did I expect the dictonary bit to come up :lol:

:lol::lol:

I do wonder why.

I use it all the time. I helps my spelling out no end. and I need the all the help I can get.

I just hope that CDS is reading

hint hint :lol:

[Woolburr]

It won't help Jake....you have to get a few of the letters right before it can work!

[Pete]

* If you want to protect your passwords for visited websites, you should set up a master password in the preferences. Otherwise anyone visiting your computer can see all of your stored website passwords really easily. If one of those is your paypal login, you're screwed!!

[theflyingkiwi]

that's ok, the only place I stores passwords is in my head.

[Woolburr]

that's ok, the only place I stores passwords is in my head.

That is also an option...you don't have to save any passwords on the system...that is always the safest method...unless you have memory issues...then you might be screwed when you forget your password. Compromises, compromises.

[theflyingkiwi]

That is also an option...you don't have to save any passwords on the system...that is always the safest method...unless you have memory issues...then you might be screwed when you forget your password. Compromises, compromises.

who, what when were, HUH. :confused:

Oh where am I again.

:lol:

I am such a simple kiwi really

[PeteJaffa]

Type about:robots into address bar.

If you're unhappy about the high number of results in the Smart Location Bar do this:

1. Enter about:config into the address bar and hit Enter.
2. Press the "I''ll be carefull. I promise!" button. (Because you will be.)
3. Enter browser.urlbar.maxRichResults in the Filter field to reach this preference.
4. Set it to your desired number of suggestions.

[Raikyn]

I'm fairly confident that my nieces and nephews won't have any more computer literacy than I do :lol:






wait a minute.........

[jjdelalamo]

Coming back to the subject...

If you have a standard monitor you're not going to notice a great difference. The vast majority of the internet images are in sRGB format, and the monitor is displaying also a close sRGB color gamut. But if you try to see an AdobeRGB image, it'll show muted as diferent color spaces are used.

For wide gamut monitor users, Firefox v3 is a bless. Prior to it, all untagged and sRGB images (almost 99%) showed by InternetExplorer o any other web browser appeared with very saturated colors. Now we can enjoy the true colors of this images.

[drisley]

I would say that those on Windows should look into getting Firefox 3 now that it's final, for no other reason than because it's the first Windows browser that supports color profiles.

I know a lot of people here tend to post images that have not been converted from adobeRGB to sRGB, and thus don't look correct (usually undersaturated and flat).

Anyway, Mozilla does NOT enable color profiling by default, so here is how you enable it (it's not in the Options...)

- In the address bar type about:config (if there is a warning, just continue)
- In the FILTER bar type gfx.color_management.enabled
- Now, below you will see it is set to False. Double click it to set it to True.

Restart Firefox, and go to http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/profile_test/ to test that it's working correctly (the 2nd row of images should all be the same).

Good luck!

[crazyskillz07]

Confused. I use firefox on my mac. Will this work for me?

[drisley]

Confused. I use firefox on my mac. Will this work for me?
Sorry, I can't help you there. I do know Safari is color managed. Firefox will be too, but I don't know if it's enabled by default.

My tip was for windows users since we've gone so long without a color managed browser.

[Woolburr]

Confused. I use firefox on my mac. Will this work for me?

Yes...it will work for you too.;)

[PeteJaffa]

Wasn't Safari for Windows colour managed?

[drisley]

Wasn't Safari for Windows colour managed?
Hmm, I think maybe so.
Although, the fact that apple in their infinite wisdom decided to override windows default, and very good, font smoothing, with their own that gave me a big headache! :)

[condyk]

I am taken with this latest version, but I flirted with Safari for a while before I went back to Opera. Definately seems a promising alternative for the first time.

[SlowBlink]

Thanks Mark, didn't know it was turned off by default.