design for the web PNG fix for IE
09/12/2010 Comments Off
While you’re working on your hacks – there will be one issue which might need an extra helping hand – the transparencies, mainly in PNGs for IE6 and earlier.
Your fix approach will of course be to create GIFs to replace the PNGs – this is an ideal fix, easily implemented and will work in all situations. With certain design elements however, you might need to make use of one of the fixes listed below. Make sure to read all documentation carefully and weigh up the pros and cons – bearing in mind that these will rely on enabled Javascript on the user machine.
- Transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6 [Drew McLellan]
- Supersleight jQuery Plugin for Transparent PNGs in IE6 [Drew McLellan]
- IE PNG Fix 2.0 Alpha 4 [twinhelix]
- jquery.pngFix.js – PNG-Transparency for Windows IE 5.5 & 6 [Andreas Eberhard]
Lastly, an article which explains the advantages and disadvantages in detail:
CSS Hackz Series: PNG Fix for Internet Explorer [perishablepress]
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