[thelist] png in IE
Simon Willison
cs1spw at bath.ac.uk
Mon Nov 3 11:56:43 CST 2003
Marcus Andersson wrote:
> I have these icons in png format and want to make use of them in IE. The
> icons have transparent backgrounds that works nicely in
> Mozilla/Photoshop. When I use them in IE I get this ugly grey background
> instead of the transparent one.
>
> Should I do anything special to make it work or should I consider to
> convert the icons to gif?
IE for Windows doesn't support alpha-transparent PNGs, despite the
standard having been finalised over 5 years ago. There is a workaround
but it's weird voodoo magic - still, it might be just what you're after:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/
If that isn't suitable you'll have to switch back to transparent gifs.
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Simon Willison
Web development weblog: http://simon.incutio.com/
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