On Mon, 04 Mar 2002 01:10:43 -0600, Glenn Gilbreath Jr. wrote: > Hmm, > This "problem" has been encountered for a number of years...Glenn (the > other one, hehe) hit most of the causes...but, the number one cause of > red squares in place of images is simply that the IMG SRC defined by > the author of the web page is NOT the exact type the image really is! > An example---as you may know, GIF format has been debated, due to some > license issues, many sites are switching to PNG (Portable Network > Graphic) format. What happens sometimes, lazy web site authors simply > RENAME a file, ie..somepic.gif is renamed somepic.png, and they do not > go to the trouble of actually converting to a different format. Another > cause I've noticed are JPEG images that aren't true JPG format, or are > in a format that is non-standard, and NONE of my graphic utilities can > view them! Either of these situations or the ones GLENNMCC mentioned > will result in red squares or rectangles being displayed in place of > an image file. So, the lesson to be learned for all would-be web > authors, PLEASE, when you decide to change graphic format, CONVERT your > images to the desired format, don't just RENAME them to a different > extension and expect everyone to be able to view your images! > C U L8R!
What about some of the Windoze-ware browsers? Are some of them provided with built-in program routines to somehow automagically interpret and figure out what a misnamed image was supposed to have been named as or converted to, and then to automagically perform the manipulations needed for displaying the image correctly? Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
