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Re:What every coder should know about gamma by johnnovak on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @06:59PM (#12553026)
I get a similar behaviour on my Android phone. As I mentioned in the article, that example doesn't work on most phone LCD screens. Try it on a real desktop monitor!
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Re:What every coder should know about gamma by dingaling on Thursday September 22, 2016 @02:06AM (#12554773)
> Try viewing it on a real desktop monitor!

You keep saying this, but many people don't have a real desktop monitor. Laptop sales exceed desktop sales and both are dwarfed even by tablets alone.

So whether it's technically the correct approach is irrelevant for a large proportion of potential end-users, for whom it will look broken.

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Re:What every coder should know about gamma by johnnovak on Thursday September 22, 2016 @02:54AM (#12554981)
Sorry, I can't magically fix all the mobile device screens of the world so they will start displaying images in a gamma-correct way... The fact is, the owners of such devices will never see gamma correct images on their screens, at least until the manufacturers fix this. It sucks but I can't help there.

Anyway, I think you have bigger problems than gamma with those devices anyway (glare, reflections etc.), so that's probably the least of your concerns.

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