Comments on: IE and PNG’s http://boakes.org/ie-and-png/ A place for words and data that I publish (for the benefit of persons unknown). Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: chris bristow http://boakes.org/ie-and-png/comment-page-1/#comment-2984 chris bristow Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:37:54 +0000 http://boakes.org/ie-and-pngs#comment-2984 "hath png" “hath png”

]]> By: Rich http://boakes.org/ie-and-png/comment-page-1/#comment-2982 Rich Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:06:51 +0000 http://boakes.org/ie-and-pngs#comment-2982 Hi Thomas, thanks for your suggestion. I tried your JavaScript based solution this morning and found that it wouldn't work with my particular setup. For the record it's the third such fix I've tried, the other two were <a href="http://dean.edwards.name/IE7/" rel="nofollow">Dean Edwards "IE7"</a> and <a href="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/" rel="nofollow">Bob Osola's pngfix.</a> The specific issue is that your javascript looks for a .png signature on the filename, however, where I have Content Negotiation setup, I don't use filename extensions - the specific file that gets sent is specified by the server, and it appears that JavaScript only has access to the request URI rather than the response filename. There is an ulterior motive to using content negotiation, which is that <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/deerpark/" rel="nofollow">DeerPark</a> supports SVG natively, so I want to be able to gracefully switch to a mainly SVG embellished site without reducing the experience for users of older systems. Consequently, anything that fixes PNG's, must be able to handle the fact that the URI's it has to work with may not have file extensions. Hi Thomas, thanks for your suggestion.

I tried your JavaScript based solution this morning and found that it wouldn’t work with my particular setup.

For the record it’s the third such fix I’ve tried, the other two were Dean Edwards "IE7" and Bob Osola’s pngfix.

The specific issue is that your javascript looks for a .png signature on the filename, however, where I have Content Negotiation setup, I don’t use filename extensions – the specific file that gets sent is specified by the server, and it appears that JavaScript only has access to the request URI rather than the response filename.

There is an ulterior motive to using content negotiation, which is that DeerPark supports SVG natively, so I want to be able to gracefully switch to a mainly SVG embellished site without reducing the experience for users of older systems. Consequently, anything that fixes PNG’s, must be able to handle the fact that the URI’s it has to work with may not have file extensions.

]]> By: Thomas http://boakes.org/ie-and-png/comment-page-1/#comment-2983 Thomas Tue, 25 Oct 2005 23:58:24 +0000 http://boakes.org/ie-and-pngs#comment-2983 Are you looking for a away to do transparency in PNG files in IE? If so I can help. http://www.twistermc.com/shake/html-resources.php Are you looking for a away to do transparency in PNG files in IE? If so I can help. http://www.twistermc.com/shake/html-resources.php

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