Comments on: Revert Back to Internet Explorer 6!!! http://www.jeffkee.com/web-development-design/revert-back-to-internet-explorer-6/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:44:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James Britton http://www.jeffkee.com/web-development-design/revert-back-to-internet-explorer-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2176 James Britton Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:35:43 +0000 http://blog.jeffkee.com/2007/03/24/revert-back-to-internet-explorer-6/#comment-2176 Wikipedia has a nice explanation (jumps to comparison but rest of article has good info): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNG#Comparison_with_JPEG Wikipedia has a nice explanation (jumps to comparison but rest of article has good info):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNG#Comparison_with_JPEG

]]> By: Jeff Kee http://www.jeffkee.com/web-development-design/revert-back-to-internet-explorer-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2168 Jeff Kee Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:09:05 +0000 http://blog.jeffkee.com/2007/03/24/revert-back-to-internet-explorer-6/#comment-2168 Ya macs handle graphics better I agree. With windows.. well. I need to open Photoshop or Imageready to save as PNG. PNG support in IE is a bit tricky - web designers need to put in the Alpha image loader to made the alpha transparency work (whereas Mozilla browsers already support it in full, and now IE7 does), so I'll bet you a lot of these guys skip out on programming that code in. That's probably why a lot of sites still don't support it. Also, aren't PNG files larger in size, if I remember correctly? For large sites, this could be a bandwidth issue as well as a server hard drive issue. JPGs and GIFs are so brutally simple and small. Ya macs handle graphics better I agree.

With windows.. well. I need to open Photoshop or Imageready to save as PNG.

PNG support in IE is a bit tricky – web designers need to put in the Alpha image loader to made the alpha transparency work (whereas Mozilla browsers already support it in full, and now IE7 does), so I’ll bet you a lot of these guys skip out on programming that code in.

That’s probably why a lot of sites still don’t support it. Also, aren’t PNG files larger in size, if I remember correctly? For large sites, this could be a bandwidth issue as well as a server hard drive issue. JPGs and GIFs are so brutally simple and small.

]]> By: James Britton http://www.jeffkee.com/web-development-design/revert-back-to-internet-explorer-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2167 James Britton Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:04:33 +0000 http://blog.jeffkee.com/2007/03/24/revert-back-to-internet-explorer-6/#comment-2167 Speaking of PNGs, why are so many sites slow to support this open standard?! I can't tell you how many social netwworking sites, like MyBlogLog, etc...that support only jpg or gif formats when uploading an avatar. Get with the program! Fortunately, (here comes the Mac fanboy plug) Preview in OS X allows you to <em>save as</em> PDF GIF JPG PICT BMP PNG and a bunch of others instantly no matter what the original format. Speaking of PNGs, why are so many sites slow to support this open standard?! I can’t tell you how many social netwworking sites, like MyBlogLog, etc…that support only jpg or gif formats when uploading an avatar. Get with the program! Fortunately, (here comes the Mac fanboy plug) Preview in OS X allows you to save as PDF GIF JPG PICT BMP PNG and a bunch of others instantly no matter what the original format.

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