On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:39:45 -0000, "brucexs"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>Its true that png offers a compression over bit maps, but I think 
>most people use them as they are associated with partial transparency 
>(ie ability to blend some parts of their color with underlying 
>color).  Of course, you can get this with bitmaps too, and in fact 
>for PowerPro pngs are stored in memory as bitmaps.
>
>All icons offer full transparency; its the blending that people who 
>use pngs want, I believe.
>

I would agree with that. Personally, when I download PNG's to use as
icons on my PowerPro bar, I do so (over other formats) because I know
they support transparency (and I want my PowerPro bar colour to show
through the icons, not have an icon with a background colour of its
own covering the bar).
--

Regards,

Grumpy

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