Are there clear differences in image quality with browser?

[MP Guy]

I have noticed that on my computer Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera render thumbnails and images poorly compared to Firefox.

I have done side by side comparison and Firefox is clearly much better for me. The question is whether its a setting on my computer or do you experience the same.

It would be great if you try this and let me know.

If you decide to experiment, when you visit the website do the following first to makes sure you are browsing the site like me.

From the top menu, click on settings and select "Square Thumbnails", then click on settings and select "White color theme"

Afterwards go to this page http://www.zeissimages.com/membergallery.php?page=3&uid=4 at the bottom left the thumbnail should be a guitar with a tuner. Comparing the same page with Firefox open and Chrome open, the lettering around the edge of the tuner is clearly much better on Firefox than on any of the other browsers I have compared with.

What is your take on the matter?

 

[Fixcinater]

On my mid-2014, 15" Retina display macbook pro, I see very little to no difference but it's at the end of a long day so with fresh eyes it may be more apparent.

Safari vs. Firefox.

 

[MP Guy]

Here is a screenshot

Chrome on left FF on right

 

[RichC]

This has been true for years... Just in case things have changed I tried your site in Firefox and Chrome (Windows versions) on my 30-inch Dell monitor - and nothing has changed: Firefox renders images more crisply. There's nothing you can do about this... except use the browser you prefer.

 

[willie_901]

At this point in time reasonably current operating systems and browser apps perform similarly.

Screen calibration is another matter altogether. Of course a poorly calibrated screen will unfaithfully render color with all browser apps.

 

[RFH]

Short answer: Yes.

I'm a Mac user, and I clearly see a difference between Firefox and Safari in terms of how the images appear. Firefox has a much crisper look. The colours are consistent between the two browsers, though.

I spend a lot of time with web images for a client, so I've seen it several times. Now I only use Firefox when working on the client's website. It kind of sucks seeing my super sharp M240/Summicron shots turning into muddy, fuzzy thumbnails in Safari.

If you have administrator privileges to a given website, there are some things that might be done to mitigate this to some degree. Like changing the native image compression settings for the site, and making sure that each image is stored on the server in the exact size in which it will be displayed in the browser, so that the browser doesn't resize the images.

Someone knows a lot more about this than I do. These are just a few of my own observations.

 

[CK Dexter Haven]

I had never compared, but just downloaded Firefox, and now see that it is 'crisper' than Safari. Not sure how i feel about this! I don't really want to switch browsers....

 

[Larry Cloetta]

Firefox vs. Safari, latest versions, on 18 month old Mac Mini running current OS, calibrated NEC monitor here: photos viewed on Firefox clearly better. (When I say "better" I am repeating the description of every normal, non-pro I had do the comparison last month. And "better", at least in this system, is closer to the truth than "different".) I had not looked at Firefox in about three years, and was really surprised. Firefox in this set up is obviously faster to load as well.
I can't generalize for anyone else's set up, but, here, the differences are not subtle.