On 24 May 2011 16:47, Barney Carroll <barney.carroll at gmail.com> wrote: > Hiya Lee, thanks for the reply. > > This is happening on a very basic level — literally giving a direct URI for > any PNG resource to IE's address bar returns a seemingly empty file. A link > to that PNG file, 'Save as' through the context menu, downloads fine. It > has > the same issue with PNGs from the file system. So I'm fairly certain > something has gone fairly awry with Trident itself (again, other browsers, > modes of access are fine) … I just need to work out what that is. > > http://barneycarroll.com/Trident-screws-PNGs-badly.png > http://barneycarroll.com/Trident-screws-PNGs-seriously-Im-not-lying.png > > Yup, my IE6 is displaying that PNG just grand thanks! Sounds like IE6 uses a DLL & registry to draw PNG: http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/202/1/PNG-images-are-not-displayed-on-Web-sites-in-Internet-Explorer.html http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngfaq.html#msie It sounds as if trying to co-install IE7 or having QuickTime might mess this up. -- Lee www.webdeavour.co.uk
