Firefox 3.5 and ICC version 4: any way around it?

[Phrasikleia]

So apparently Firefox 3.5 no longer supports ICC Version 4:

http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter

Yes, Safari does, but I prefer Firefox.

I really dislike seeing my photos (and any others with Version 4 profiles) so far off base in Firefox. Is there anything to be done about it? Is there any way that I can at least have CS4 save my profiles as ICC Version 2 when I'm saving for web display?

 

[PeteB]

Forgive the idiot question here, but why doesn't converting to sRGB work?

Since the vast majority of the viewing public don't bother setting up their displays/apps for colour-management....

 

[Phrasikleia]

I do convert to sRGB, but CS4 embeds a Version 4 sRGB profile. For some photos, that means a major difference in how the images appear in Firefox (or any browser that doesn't support version 4 ICC profiles). Even people who do not have calibrated displays will see a more accurate image if they are using Safari. I'd like to minimize these major differences so that at least people who do calibrate their displays will see a fairly accurate image, and those with uncalibrated displays will get something at least in the ballpark.

 

[PeteB]

But Firefox currently requires that the user go into the advanced options ("here be dragons") in order to enable the colour-management feature, doesn't it?

 

[Phrasikleia]

But Firefox currently requires that the user go into the advanced options ("here be dragons") in order to enable the colour-management feature, doesn't it?

No, that was version 3. Color management was enabled by default in Firefox 3.5.

 

[Phrasikleia]

For anyone who is confused by this issue, try opening the following page in the current versions of Safari and Firefox:

http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter

Only Safari supports ICC v4.

 

[jmdfd415]

ive been wondering the same thing and would like to know too.

 

[Ruahrc]

Can you find a v2 sRGB profile and embed that into your pictures?