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PNG an IE

TexTex
edited November 2006 in Vanilla 1.0 Help
Hey guys, I still got the problem with IE ignoring PNG transparency. Transforming them to GIFs does make them look ugly. Any hint for a graphic idiot?

Comments

  • 3stripe3stripe ✭✭
    edited November 2006
    No way around this in IE5 or IE6... you canny do transparent PNGS...
  • TexTex
    edited November 2006
    :(

    But how do people get it done than? Example: http://herbiv.org/forum
    Looks good in my IE.
  • MySchizoBuddyMySchizoBuddy
    http://redvip.homelinux.net/varios/explorer-png-en.html
  • TexTex
    edited November 2006
    Headache...HEADACHE! Thanks for informing me. :)
  • 3stripe3stripe ✭✭
    edited November 2006
    Yeah it's a tough one. I'd wager the web would look very different (ie much nicer) were it not for this bug!
  • TexTex
    Yeah, could all be so simple, eh?

    So, got a hint how to transform PNGs into GIFs without having coarse borders?
  • 3stripe3stripe ✭✭
    Depends on what's in the background! http://www.alistapart.com/stories/pngopacity/ and http://alistapart.com/articles/cssdrop2/ are both interesting reads on this topic...
  • TexTex
    Depends on what's in the background!

    Vanilla one, changing between read and not read. I will check Alistapart, which I like indeed. Thanks!
  • Max_BMax_B New
    Seach this forum, there are an couple of other useful links on the subject
  • TexTex
    edited November 2006
    @ Max_B:
    You are right. I should do so. Thanks.
  • ThunderThunder
    A simple little bit of javascript is all you need. Then as long as you call the png with an image tag, you're golden. A little bit of google will find the light on the script. If you need then as a css background property, then you need the IE7 javascript library, which also fixes several other IE annoyances as well. The library is about 20k or so, but it pretty much eliminates the need for most hacks for IE.
  • TexTex
    I'll try to find it. Thanks Thunder.
  • davatron5000davatron5000
    i found this old alistapart article to be in the easiest to read. I also used the [if IE] so that it'd only go through the CSS hack for IE. all other browsers [if !IE] i used png as is.
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