I am inclined to agree that a site should try and look the same on all devices (in terms of color/contrast etc) but this simply isn't possible in the real world. The majority of users do not calibrate their equipment, and even when they do, the result will vary massively depending on the quality of your gear. Don't get me wrong, there is some equipment out there that will render as beautifully as the Apple gear, but it will be a very small percentage of users that owns this. I've seen laptops retailing over £1k which are damn near impossible to calibrate.
Furthermore, it's quite difficult to make a beautiful "retina" design whilst also satisfying the needs of other devices. I had this discussion with another company back when I was a PC user, and their response was simply "our target audience for our site is Mac users, tough luck." In my own experience, to compensate for these subpar devices you have to avoid things like "thin" font weights, close contrasts and even certain colors. One option is to use two different styles and switch them out using feature detection. Or you could try and construct a design/color scheme which satisfies both needs (though I'm yet to see one). Or you can choose based on your target audience. Note: design is not my first skill and these are only things I've picked up from experience, working with other designers and reading articles. I couldn't explain the in-depths of why these problems happen. Cal On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 4:20 AM, Torsten Bronger < bron...@physik.rwth-aachen.de> wrote: > > Hallöchen! > > Cal Leeming writes: > > > [...] > > > > The footer menu contrast is a little bright with the white/light > > green, however it's worth noting that the color/contrast > > experience will vary depending on what equipment your > > using. Typically if a site has been designed on an Apple > > Thunderbolt/MBP Retina display, then it will look a bit crappy on > > many PC monitors (even the higher quality ones). [...] > > I think this doesn't matter. Besides the fact that my screen is > calibrated and I nevertheless tilt the screen when I visit the new > website to gain contrast, a website should be optimized for > sub-optimal conditions rather than the best ones. > > Tschö, > Torsten. > > -- > Torsten Bronger Jabber ID: torsten.bron...@jabber.rwth-aachen.de > or http://bronger-jmp.appspot.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/87zjamzz30.fsf%40physik.rwth-aachen.de > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAHKQagF%3Dts3Nh_3tSpkaHtbdiXru5tR3zPxXYTG0GAYzUnqjaA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
