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Using Firefox, I see a very grainy Tux, and a faded GNU logo in the background. When I take a screenshot of it using Firefox, and view the screenshot in Chrome, I see the grainy Tux/faded GNU logo, identical to my viewing of it in Firefox. Is this how it's supposed to work?

http://i.imgur.com/hTauClg.jpg (screenshot of what I see in firefox)

I apologize if this is a dumb question.

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Firefox SHOULD be showing the GNU logo. For some reason, when a color profile is included in the image, Firefox ignores the gamma correction information. Or at least, that's what seems to be happening. Viewing the original image in Chrome should correctly show the GNU logo.

The reason the screenshot doesn't appear different in Chrome is because no gamma correction is attached to it.

Anyway, check this new link: http://i.imgur.com/vYBIZ0R.png

This is the same image with the color profile removed. It should show the GNU logo in both Firefox in Chrome, but show Tux in browsers which ignore the gamma correction.

I apologize if my explanations are confusing... I'm very new to this stuff.

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