IE6
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So, I've followed the instructions offered on several websites, and IE6 still is not showing my PNGs with transparency. I am not sure if it's because I am in a VM, or I'm doing something wrong, or what. I am still incredulous that Microsoft could be so stupid. Has anyone else had this issue ( that is, PNGs on a website and the online fixes don't seem to work )
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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So, I've followed the instructions offered on several websites, and IE6 still is not showing my PNGs with transparency. I am not sure if it's because I am in a VM, or I'm doing something wrong, or what. I am still incredulous that Microsoft could be so stupid. Has anyone else had this issue ( that is, PNGs on a website and the online fixes don't seem to work )
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I have not had that issue, but the website I work on requires that PNG's use transparency with IE6. I know it works, but I don't know how, as I didn't implement that myself.
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I have not had that issue, but the website I work on requires that PNG's use transparency with IE6. I know it works, but I don't know how, as I didn't implement that myself.
There's a fix on the web, IE6 can do it, but Microsoft didn't bother to hook it up. Sadly, I've implimented it and deployed it several times and it still does not work.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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So, I've followed the instructions offered on several websites, and IE6 still is not showing my PNGs with transparency. I am not sure if it's because I am in a VM, or I'm doing something wrong, or what. I am still incredulous that Microsoft could be so stupid. Has anyone else had this issue ( that is, PNGs on a website and the online fixes don't seem to work )
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian Graus wrote:
IE6
There's your problem right there :)
Christian Graus wrote:
I am still incredulous that Microsoft could be so stupid.
Where have you been for the past decade?
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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Christian Graus wrote:
IE6
There's your problem right there :)
Christian Graus wrote:
I am still incredulous that Microsoft could be so stupid.
Where have you been for the past decade?
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)Ian Shlasko wrote:
Where have you been for the past decade?
Yeah, I see that... I know IE6 is a problem, but lots of people still use it and this is a consumer facing site.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Ian Shlasko wrote:
Where have you been for the past decade?
Yeah, I see that... I know IE6 is a problem, but lots of people still use it and this is a consumer facing site.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
But thats the problem, if you continue to support it, it will never go away. Go on, bite the bullet, let it die.....its had its day.
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There's a fix on the web, IE6 can do it, but Microsoft didn't bother to hook it up. Sadly, I've implimented it and deployed it several times and it still does not work.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I don't know what you've read to try and fix it, but this details the issue, the workaround and the pitfalls. http://24ways.org/2007/supersleight-transparent-png-in-ie6[^]
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I don't know what you've read to try and fix it, but this details the issue, the workaround and the pitfalls. http://24ways.org/2007/supersleight-transparent-png-in-ie6[^]
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Thanks - I've not read this one, so I'll read it and try it the way they suggest.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Ian Shlasko wrote:
Where have you been for the past decade?
Yeah, I see that... I know IE6 is a problem, but lots of people still use it and this is a consumer facing site.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian Graus wrote:
I know IE6 is a problem, but lots of people still use it
Thankfully less and less all the time. http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20030176-264.html[^] "Internet Explorer 6...continued its decline, with a 1.77 [percentage point] drop reaching 12.03 percent in January worldwide. IE6 has dropped 3.9 [percentage points] over the last three months (an average of 1.3 [percentage point] drop per month) and 9.31 percent from a year ago."
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So, I've followed the instructions offered on several websites, and IE6 still is not showing my PNGs with transparency. I am not sure if it's because I am in a VM, or I'm doing something wrong, or what. I am still incredulous that Microsoft could be so stupid. Has anyone else had this issue ( that is, PNGs on a website and the online fixes don't seem to work )
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I haven't had the probs with the PNG's but there are numerous MS websites that don't work anymore with IE6.
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So, I've followed the instructions offered on several websites, and IE6 still is not showing my PNGs with transparency. I am not sure if it's because I am in a VM, or I'm doing something wrong, or what. I am still incredulous that Microsoft could be so stupid. Has anyone else had this issue ( that is, PNGs on a website and the online fixes don't seem to work )
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I had to resort to using 8 bit pngs for IE6, which basically act like transparent .gifs. I wrote an image control that checks the browser version/type and picks the image accordingly. There's probably a way to use css hacks, but I don't know off the top of my head. http://civicactions.com/blog/png_images_transparency_ie6_answers_to_theming_hell[^] http://schoberg.net/2009/07/degradable-png-transparency-for-ie6/[^]
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I haven't had the probs with the PNG's but there are numerous MS websites that don't work anymore with IE6.
I assume they are developer sites, not sites aimed at the general public. 10% is still one in ten users, we still want them.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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I assume they are developer sites, not sites aimed at the general public. 10% is still one in ten users, we still want them.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
yes developer sites. I think one of the ones that I couldn't get to with IE6 was TechNet.
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So, I've followed the instructions offered on several websites, and IE6 still is not showing my PNGs with transparency. I am not sure if it's because I am in a VM, or I'm doing something wrong, or what. I am still incredulous that Microsoft could be so stupid. Has anyone else had this issue ( that is, PNGs on a website and the online fixes don't seem to work )
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
If memory serves there is an ActiveX control you need to install for PNGs to work in IE6.
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?"
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So, I've followed the instructions offered on several websites, and IE6 still is not showing my PNGs with transparency. I am not sure if it's because I am in a VM, or I'm doing something wrong, or what. I am still incredulous that Microsoft could be so stupid. Has anyone else had this issue ( that is, PNGs on a website and the online fixes don't seem to work )
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
You are still using ie6, my god man, time to upgrade or switch to firefox. 1 Firefox 3.6 26.29% 2 Internet Explorer 8 25.97% 3 Chrome 8 12.95% 4 Internet Explorer 7 9.90% 5 Safari 5 4.86% 6 Internet Explorer 6 3.91% 7 Firefox 3.5 2.54% 8 Firefox 3 1.30% 9 Safari 4 0.91% 10 Firefox 4 0.70%
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So, I've followed the instructions offered on several websites, and IE6 still is not showing my PNGs with transparency. I am not sure if it's because I am in a VM, or I'm doing something wrong, or what. I am still incredulous that Microsoft could be so stupid. Has anyone else had this issue ( that is, PNGs on a website and the online fixes don't seem to work )
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
8bit PNGs? Otherwise AFAIR you have to use ActiveX or other ungodly work-arounds to support 16 or 24 bit PNGs. And, vague here, 8bit PNG transparency is noticeably different. Still alpha but just less colours to play with? *keeps stabbing away with vague suggestions* Thankfully my last few jobs have been IE7 and up.
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
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You are still using ie6, my god man, time to upgrade or switch to firefox. 1 Firefox 3.6 26.29% 2 Internet Explorer 8 25.97% 3 Chrome 8 12.95% 4 Internet Explorer 7 9.90% 5 Safari 5 4.86% 6 Internet Explorer 6 3.91% 7 Firefox 3.5 2.54% 8 Firefox 3 1.30% 9 Safari 4 0.91% 10 Firefox 4 0.70%
"I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones." Einstein "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." Mark Twain
it's not that he's *using* IE6, he has to write html code to *support* IE6 users.
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?"
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Thanks - I've not read this one, so I'll read it and try it the way they suggest.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
There's also Google Chrome Frame[^]
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?"
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it's not that he's *using* IE6, he has to write html code to *support* IE6 users.
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams "Let me get this straight. You know her. She knows you. But she wants to eat him. And everybody's okay with this?"
ahmed zahmed wrote:
t's not that he's *using* IE6, he has to write html code to *support* IE6 users.
He must be using it to test it before he finds out it doesn't work :rolleyes:
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ahmed zahmed wrote:
t's not that he's *using* IE6, he has to write html code to *support* IE6 users.
He must be using it to test it before he finds out it doesn't work :rolleyes:
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well, duh :rolleyes: X|
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