Well, I couldn't find this via search, so maybe my theme (Kingsize) is the culprit?
Fuzzy edges on certain graphics occur when working with the site in WAMPserver, both 32-bit and 64-bit.
Those same graphics/images have sharp borders/edges on the live site.
Specifically, the worst offender is a vertical menu with repeating background image.
Regular images, such as gallery images and front page background image are sharp and normal-looking in WAMP.
Also, when working with a menu recently, I discovered WAMP displayed a black background under the last menu item, as intended, but when I put the changes on the live site, this same background area was transparent (or simply missing the background).
This obviously makes it difficult to test changes on localhost prior to publishing them live, so I have to discover the issues after they've gone live, then undo them on the live site, return to localhost, attempt to correct, send revision to live site to test, etc. etc. It's a huge time-waster.
Both of the above mentioned effects are present in FF, Chrome and IE.
If it's my theme's fault, what could be causing it to behave differently in WAMP than the live site?
I haven't found anything in the theme's files that appear to be unusual in terms of image handling.
Fuzzy edges on certain graphics occur when working with the site in WAMPserver, both 32-bit and 64-bit.
Those same graphics/images have sharp borders/edges on the live site.
Specifically, the worst offender is a vertical menu with repeating background image.
Regular images, such as gallery images and front page background image are sharp and normal-looking in WAMP.
Also, when working with a menu recently, I discovered WAMP displayed a black background under the last menu item, as intended, but when I put the changes on the live site, this same background area was transparent (or simply missing the background).
This obviously makes it difficult to test changes on localhost prior to publishing them live, so I have to discover the issues after they've gone live, then undo them on the live site, return to localhost, attempt to correct, send revision to live site to test, etc. etc. It's a huge time-waster.
Both of the above mentioned effects are present in FF, Chrome and IE.
If it's my theme's fault, what could be causing it to behave differently in WAMP than the live site?
I haven't found anything in the theme's files that appear to be unusual in terms of image handling.