PNG in IE?

[LoudMusic]

I'm making another Active Desktop, but this time I'm looking for some more advanced features. For the sake of future simplicity and being able to control images remotely I want to have everything be modular - even drop shadows (as an example). This lead me to use PNG. Unfortunately PNG doesn't have full support in IE, and therefore doesn't have full support in Active Desktop.

http://loudmusic.stoneward.com/s2000_ad

If you open it in IE (Windows) you'll notice the drop shadow has a gray background. In nearly every other browser it has full alpha channel support. BLAST YOU MICROSOFT!

I've found two pages that talk about work arounds.

http://people.brandeis.edu/~peelle/png/

http://redvip.homelinux.net/varios/explorer-png-en.html

Both give the same (or similar) methods which appear to work in the browser at least. I need to check them in Active Desktop.

Next question: I am completely unfamiliar with Flash. How easy would it be to have flash pull in images from a folder and load them with a drop shadow on a textured background? I don't want to make the processing and bandwidth loads be too high, as this could become popular.

Fun stuff. Just wish it worked ...

 

[Sage]

Here's another page about PNGs in IE, though I'm sure it uses the same method as the two other links you posted. BTW, here's a good page for looking up way to side-step IE: Side-stepping IE!

And Flash... erm, I don't know a thing about it, so yeah.

 

[ALPHA]

Next question: I am completely unfamiliar with Flash. How easy would it be to have flash pull in images from a folder and load them with a drop shadow on a textured background? I don't want to make the processing and bandwidth loads be too high, as this could become popular.

Yes it is possible to draw images randomly from a folder in flash but you need to add some code to make them cache themselves. I don't know the code to draw images randomly but it is very simple.

Go here http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums search around and ask, they are a friendly bunch or just go on google you will be sure to find something.

Any problems ask KirupaForums, they are great!

 

[Shannon]

A List Apart's solution to the problem. I can never get it to work though.