[WSG] Re: WSG Digest (office days)

2010-12-08 Thread Sam Lawry
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[WSG] We are currently out of the office

2010-12-08 Thread Ladybug
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Re: [WSG] images against color backgrounds

2010-12-08 Thread Joseph Taylor
Good point on the javascript repairs (there are a couple techniques of fixing .png support in IE6) Trouble with this method is it can cause other troubles (like links over .png backgrounds etc) so be careful. It all depends on what you're trying to do. Joseph R. B. Taylor /Web Designer / Dev

Re: [WSG] images against color backgrounds

2010-12-08 Thread Henrik Madsen
.png with alpha channel is the best way to go. IE6 and lower can't handle the alpha channel and make the transparent background gray. Can be conditionally fixed with js, for example: http://www.dillerdesign.com/experiment/DD_belatedPNG/ Based on my site audience I'll make fallback .gif re

Re: [WSG] images against color backgrounds

2010-12-08 Thread Joseph Taylor
.png with alpha channel is the best way to go. IE6 and lower can't handle the alpha channel and make the transparent background gray. Based on my site audience I'll make fallback .gif replacements for the .png images (that look crappier but are at least transparent) You can also make 8 bit

[WSG] images against color backgrounds

2010-12-08 Thread cat soul
I hope I'm not bending/breaking the purpose of the list but wanted opinions on best practices for preparing images for use on web pages where there are color backgrounds, and the image must have some of that background color in them. Example: you want to place an image with a drop shadow, s