Posted by Neredbojias on 02/07/06 08:10

With neither quill nor qualm, kchayka quothed:

> Neredbojias wrote:
> >
> > alpha
> > pings confuse me so I prefer the simplicity of a gif (with, sadly, its
> > 256 color limit) when dealing with web transparencies.
>
> So, use 256-color png instead. IE handles them the same as gif, plus the
> resulting image size will be smaller than a 24- or 32-bit png.

Oh really? I didn't know that (although I _have_ found that pings are
usually smaller than gifs when the number of colors is the same.) I'll
try it the next time I need simple transparency.
>
> In the OP's case, alpha transparency isn't really needed, anyway.
> Indexed transparency is plenty adequate.
>
>

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