On Apr 19, 3:10 pm, Scott H <[email protected]> wrote: > I am using MarkerLight to put my markers onto my map. An issue I have > is that the image I pass in > (e.g.http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=mm&chs=24x24&ext=.png&chco=fff...) > does not appear nicely in IE6. It isn't a transparent background. > > Does anyone know what info I can add to the Google Chart URL for IE6 > to make the image look better in IE6? > > I have used MapIconMaker in the past and I believe it achieves the end > result I want, but I find that MarkerLight's approach to using a DIV > as an overlay rather than creating a GIcon is so much better in terms > of performance that it's hard to pass up. I want to figure out the > best image to use across all browsers that looks nice and prints > nicely. I am fine giving up shadows and the like. > > MapIconMaker has a concept of "printImage" and "mozPrintImage". Those > appear to just have some stuff on the end of the Google Chart image. > Might those images be better for bad browsers like IE6? > > Is there a Google Chart image that works well universally across > browsers (including IE6) and prints well?
Where is your map? Have you tried moving the &ext=.png to the end? (although you may need to implement the alpha image loader yourself for IE6 with "MarkerLight") -- Larry > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps API" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en.
