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Posted by iehsmith on 09/25/57 11:31
On 11/9/05 10:30 AM, Onideus Mad Hatter uttered:
> Uh, the scrollbar shouldn't be an issue anymore I restructured the
> whole thing, total site size is down to 804KB (the earlier version was
> 3.66MB).
>
> The problem I'm running into now is how different browsers handle
> stacked PNG alpha transparencies over like images to create an overlay
> fade/fog effect...I think.
>
> Maybe someone would like to try and explain this:
> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/explainthis.png
>
> An optical illusion is the best I can come up with for some of the
> problems. I ~think~ I've gotten around it by altering the gamma on
> the PNG files. For example the ones that are used in IE I've got set
> at 51500 and that seems to work with ~most~ of them...except this one:
> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/annoyed.png
>
> On that one I used like 59000 for IE and 51500 for Netscape and
> Firefox. Also for the later two browsers I used 45455 for the gamma
> on those and they seemed to turn out alright (except for the one
> mentioned above)
>
> ...I have no idea why, I used the same image encoding methodology,
> recheck it 6 times, emptied out the browser caches, checked it
> again...maybe if it's really dark and purple...*shrugs*...that's what
> I mean, there's no discernable pattern that I can make out. It just
> doesn't make sense outside of maybe browser makers just REALLY fucked
> up on how their shit handles PNG alpha transparencies and gamma
> settings...and/or it's the product of an optical illusion...I suppose
> it'd have to be both since otherwise I wouldn't get inconsistent
> results between browsers. I also found some other strange
> differences, like in Netscape if I used a REALLY light fade over a
> dark image it seemed to blend perfectly, but then in Firefox it seemed
> to transfer the gamma onto the bottom image and made that section look
> uber bright..and then in IE it seemed to be about in the middle,
> lightened it, but not a whole lot.
>
> I'm curious though as to how other browsers and other operating
> systems handle it, so if anyone has the time and wants to help
> research this, please test the site:
> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_test_platform/cbstory/
>
> Scroll through and check for any abnormalities. Abnormalities will
> look like this:
> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/abnormal.png
>
> This is what it should look like:
> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/perfect.png
>
> If you find one a screen cap would really help, along with the
> specific browser you were using and the operating system...and the
> brand and model of your monitor and graphics card would also help,
> although at this point I'm really praying to God that, that's not a
> relevant factor cause if it is it's just gonna screw the whole thing
> up. So far the results have been consistent on a Radeon AIW 9600
> using a an NEC MultiSync P750 and a NEC MultiSync M500.
I'm on Mac OS 9.2.2, Netscape and IE 5.1.7, sucky Rage 128, LaCie electron
22 blue II:
The images look fine for me in NS 7, but the scrollbar is misalligned:
imagessence.com/imageviewer/cbstory.jpg
But in IE 5.1.7 both images and code is going bad. Here are 4 screenshots:
imagessence.com/imageviewer/cb/cb.html
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