Re: Transparent png's and Netscape?
Amy wrote: > > As far as I know, Netscape does not yet fully support transparencies. Netscape does not support png transparencies. It does support gif transparencies. -- Until later: Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with Y2K...
Re: Transparent png's and Netscape?
As far as I know, Netscape does not yet fully support transparencies. On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Alexander Werner Skwar wrote: > Hi! > > How do I create a RGB png image which has a transparent background? > From http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png I understood (?) that I need to add an > alpha channel. So I clicked on Image->Alpha->Add Alpha Channel. Next I > selected the regions to be made transparent, and clicked on > Image->Alpha->Threshold Alpha. Okay, the regions are now as transparent > as I want them to be in gimp. Now I saved this image. > After that I wrote a real basic html file which uses this image with > . When I load this page in Netscape v4.7 I don't see > any transparency at all. Reading further on cdrom.com I found that > Netscape's alpha channel support is broken. > Is this still true, and are there any plugins for Netscape (Linux) that > add full alpha channel support? > > Alexander Skwar > -- > Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com > Sichere Mail? PGP/GnuPG Keys als Antwort auf Mail mit Betr: Get GPG Key > --Ames -- "Fine! Then I'm just gonna take my laptop and go home!!!" Amy L. Abascal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Design Chic, VA Linux Systems www.valinux.com Web Design Chic, Silicon Valley Linux Users Groupwww.svlug.com --
Re: Transparent png's and Netscape?
On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Wandered Inn wrote: > This appears to be a problem with Netscape on any platform. :( The PNG/alpha bug has been there in the previous releases. This makes one wonder, what exactly the people at NS are spending their time on. It is definitely NOT developing HTML browsers! If it was only one man who did the coding, I would understand. But why won't he at least read the bug-reports then? Netscape is crap. I doesn't work. I hate it. If NaziSoft Internet Explorer was ever ported to Linux, I'd use it. Sorry for the off-topic comment, but I cannot help it; Netscape pisses me off. -- -Stephan / / tisprut productions [tm] http://wiktor.dk/~stephan Freelance grafiker og webdesigner
Re: Transparent png's and Netscape?
"Christopher S. Swingley" wrote: > > > Previous experience with transparent pngs indicates to me that Netscape > > is brain dead when it comes to them. I spent a ton of time trying to > > figure out what was wrong. I gave up and posted the image as is. A > > friend of mine viewed it with M$ IE and happened to mention to me that > > he really liked the transparency. > > > > This appears to be a problem with Netscape on any platform. :( > > Your friend must have been using the latest version of M$ IE (5.0) > because version 4 didn't support transparency. Netscape version 5 > also supports transparency, and is available as an alpha-test > version from www.mozilla.org (Milestone 13 is the latest alpha). Wrong. I then tested the image with IE 4.0 and the transparency worked. I have IE on a windows machine for testing purposes only. Unfortunately Mozilla is not a viable solution for the real world. It is buggy as hell and fails to load all kinds of stuff, particularily https, which in this day and age is a necessity. > > But even if version 5 of the popular browsers do support transparent > PNG images, it might not be a wise idea to assume that everyone > viewing your pages is using the latest version. True. > > Chris > -- > Christopher S. Swingley tel: 907-474-2689 fax: 474-2643 > 930 Koyukuk Drive, Suite 408C email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > University of Alaska Fairbankswww.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/ > Fairbanks, AK 99775 ~cswingle > > PGP key: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/~cswingle/pubkey.asc -- Until later: Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K then there were with Y2K...
Re: Transparent png's and Netscape?
> Previous experience with transparent pngs indicates to me that Netscape > is brain dead when it comes to them. I spent a ton of time trying to > figure out what was wrong. I gave up and posted the image as is. A > friend of mine viewed it with M$ IE and happened to mention to me that > he really liked the transparency. > > This appears to be a problem with Netscape on any platform. :( Your friend must have been using the latest version of M$ IE (5.0) because version 4 didn't support transparency. Netscape version 5 also supports transparency, and is available as an alpha-test version from www.mozilla.org (Milestone 13 is the latest alpha). But even if version 5 of the popular browsers do support transparent PNG images, it might not be a wise idea to assume that everyone viewing your pages is using the latest version. Chris -- Christopher S. Swingley tel: 907-474-2689 fax: 474-2643 930 Koyukuk Drive, Suite 408C email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Alaska Fairbankswww.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/ Fairbanks, AK 99775 ~cswingle PGP key: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/~cswingle/pubkey.asc
Re: Transparent png's and Netscape?
Previous experience with transparent pngs indicates to me that Netscape is brain dead when it comes to them. I spent a ton of time trying to figure out what was wrong. I gave up and posted the image as is. A friend of mine viewed it with M$ IE and happened to mention to me that he really liked the transparency. This appears to be a problem with Netscape on any platform. :( Alexander Werner Skwar wrote: > > Hi! > > How do I create a RGB png image which has a transparent background? > From http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png I understood (?) that I need to add an > alpha channel. So I clicked on Image->Alpha->Add Alpha Channel. Next I > selected the regions to be made transparent, and clicked on > Image->Alpha->Threshold Alpha. Okay, the regions are now as transparent > as I want them to be in gimp. Now I saved this image. > After that I wrote a real basic html file which uses this image with > . When I load this page in Netscape v4.7 I don't see > any transparency at all. Reading further on cdrom.com I found that > Netscape's alpha channel support is broken. > Is this still true, and are there any plugins for Netscape (Linux) that > add full alpha channel support? > > Alexander Skwar > -- > Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com > Sichere Mail? PGP/GnuPG Keys als Antwort auf Mail mit Betr: Get GPG Key > > >Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature -- Until later: Geoffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K then there were with Y2K...
Re: Transparent png's and Netscape?
Alexander Werner Skwar wrote: > Hi! > > How do I create a RGB png image which has a transparent background? > From http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png I understood (?) that I need to add an > alpha channel. So I clicked on Image->Alpha->Add Alpha Channel. Next I > selected the regions to be made transparent, and clicked on > Image->Alpha->Threshold Alpha. Okay, the regions are now as transparent > as I want them to be in gimp. Now I saved this image. > After that I wrote a real basic html file which uses this image with > . When I load this page in Netscape v4.7 I don't see > any transparency at all. Reading further on cdrom.com I found that > Netscape's alpha channel support is broken. > Is this still true, and are there any plugins for Netscape (Linux) that > add full alpha channel support? > > Alexander Skwar > -- > Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com I'd like to know how to do this as well. I find that Netscape 4.6 (Linux) transparency works fine for GIF images. I've never been able to save a PNG file (Gimp 1.0.4) with transparency because Gimp core dumps when I try to do so. //Jeff
Re: Transparent png's and Netscape?
> . When I load this page in Netscape v4.7 I don't see > any transparency at all. Reading further on cdrom.com I found that > Netscape's alpha channel support is broken. > Is this still true, and are there any plugins for Netscape (Linux) that > add full alpha channel support? Don't know about a Netscape plugin, but the new version of Netscape (Mozilla 5) does support transparency in PNG files. It's up to an alpha candidate (M13) version, so download it and give it a whirl (www.mozilla.org). Chris -- Christopher S. Swingley tel: 907-474-2689 fax: 474-2643 930 Koyukuk Drive, Suite 408C email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Alaska Fairbankswww.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/ Fairbanks, AK 99775 ~cswingle PGP key: http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/~cswingle/pubkey.asc
Transparent png's and Netscape?
Hi! How do I create a RGB png image which has a transparent background? From http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png I understood (?) that I need to add an alpha channel. So I clicked on Image->Alpha->Add Alpha Channel. Next I selected the regions to be made transparent, and clicked on Image->Alpha->Threshold Alpha. Okay, the regions are now as transparent as I want them to be in gimp. Now I saved this image. After that I wrote a real basic html file which uses this image with . When I load this page in Netscape v4.7 I don't see any transparency at all. Reading further on cdrom.com I found that Netscape's alpha channel support is broken. Is this still true, and are there any plugins for Netscape (Linux) that add full alpha channel support? Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com Sichere Mail? PGP/GnuPG Keys als Antwort auf Mail mit Betr: Get GPG Key PGP signature
