[Openicc] ICC Profiles in X Specification 0.4

[Chris Murphy]

On Mar 26, 2010, at 2:02 AM, Graeme Gill wrote:
> 
> As a company that trumpets its color credentials, you'd hope that Apple
> would do better.

While I agree, in practice there are many problems with the actual implementation. Apple has an architecture that is too complicated for developers to consistently follow, and simultaneously they refuse to adequately document it. The fall out is that developers have to call Apple developer support to know what to do in certain instances because it's simply not documented, and/or too complex for what documentation exists. And as most do not do this, they take a shot in the dark, and routinely fail. Hence a variety of odd multiple display problems with color management and calibration on the display side of the equation in 10.6. And on-going problems with Epson and Adobe products on the print side of the equation. In 2010 it's fairly appalling that we have a less consistent, less reliable, color experience than on Windows XP (that we have many other problems with XP means I am not endorsing XP as a viable work around, but at least in terms of color at least XP doesn't invite itself to the party, so there is a clear means of avoiding undesired OS level interaction).

Chris Murphy
Color Remedies (TM)
New York, NY
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