[clue-talk] No PNG transparency in IE?

[dhahn]

They promised full support a few years ago.  Should have hit by IE 5.
http://www.petitiononline.com/msiepng/petition.html

Now, it appears, that IE 7 will finally support it correctly.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/04/22/410963.aspx

As to current support - IE developers don't like answering those questions.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/chats/trans/ie/ie0507.mspx

If you want it supported - you have to fix "your code" to work around MS 
code.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;294714

I'm sure this comes from the fact the PNG standard is not up to snuff 
and Microsoft is "embracing and extending" the standard by doing away 
with the handling of transparency.  After all, who uses it anyway?  If 
it does display correctly in IE - it doesn't count - no matter how many 
standards it meets...

-d

Matt Gushee wrote:

> I can't believe this. I am getting ready to do some major revisions on 
> my Web site, and I have a PNG logo w/ a 100% transparent background 
> that I want to place on top of a color gradient. Made up a quick page 
> and viewed it in Firefox--everything looked fine. Then I checked in 
> IE, and much to my surprise, the logo showed up with a white 
> background. I could have sworn that IE supported 100% transparency in 
> PNGs, but maybe not. I have IE6, updated fairly recently, running in 
> Crossover Office.
>
> Is this for real? If so, what the hell is Microsoft's excuse?
>
> -- 
> Matt Gushee
> Englewood, CO, USA
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