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Re: Trouble with IE, PNG and BS
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Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:06:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
> 
> "Didier Enjary" <d.enjary@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
> news:J77wzs.Ar@lugnet.com...
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Sorry for this somewhat off-topic subject which I'm not sure where to
> > post -
> > I've FUT to off-topic.geek.
> > 
> > 
> > I've recently uploaded PNG file format pictures (Photoshop generated) to
> > BS for
> > the first time (I was used with JPGs).
> > 
> > The upload has worked well but I'm not able to see them with IE (6.0)
> > under
> > Windows XP. (thumbs are ok but pictures are black). All is fine using
> > Firefox.
> 
> Even more weirdness here, the first time I clicked on the link below, all
> was fine as IE opened it up with QuickTime.
> 
> > I've never encountered trouble with IE reading PNGs before.
> > 
> > Am I wrong with recording the PNGs pictures in PhotoShop (a light edition
> > that
> > comes with digital cameras)?
> > 
> > The gallery (yet moderated) :
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=210337
> 
> And then when I clicked here, the thumbnails are all fine, yet when I click
> a pic, the pic inserted into the frame turns black!
> 
> > One picture which is wrong with IE :
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/dickydidier/BuildingInstruction/Train/Plat/plat.png
> > (appears totally black)
> 
> When clicking this one directly, IE loads it using the QuickTime plugin, and
> loads it correctly.
> 
> I'm not sure what that means, but it is certainly weird!  Do you have
> QuickTime installed on your machine?

Yes, I have QT installed but IE does not launch it when I click the pictures
deep links.

I guess all this comes from the png file format, the way Photoshop record them
(how it manages transparencies for instance) and the way viewers recognize the
file format.

> 
> 
> Cheers ...
> 
> Geoffrey Hyde



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"Didier Enjary" <d.enjary@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message news:J77wzs.Ar@lugnet.com... (...) Even more weirdness here, the first time I clicked on the link below, all was fine as IE opened it up with QuickTime. (...) a pic, the pic inserted into the (...) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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