Posted by Jim Higson on 06/28/53 11:50

Jim Higson wrote:

> Toby Inkster wrote:
>
>> Jim Higson wrote:
>>
>>> 1) The PNGs are indexed (paletised) - IE can't do transparent, indexed
>>> PNGs even with the AlphaImageLoader hack.
>>
>> No - quite the opposite. IE *can* do transparent, indexed PNGs, even
>> *without* the AlphaImageLoader hack.
>
> No it can't. At least, not properly.
>
> It can do indexed, transparent PNGs with binary transparency (each pixel
> either shown or not) but not an image using a proper RGBA palette. Even
> with an AlphaImageLoader hack it just shows them using binary
> transparency.
>
> I can post an example if you like.

Ok, here's a good example: take a look at:

http://surfcore.co.uk/user/1

See how in IE the shadow on the avitar is missing in IE but shown in every
other browser? I let this pass because it still doesn't look too bad and I
think the trade off for the smaller file size is worth it.

If you know a way it can be shown properly in IE without converting the
image to 32-bit, please let me know!

Also, if anyone can test how it looks in IE7 I'd be very interested in the
result.

--
Jim

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