[geeklog-users] GIF vs. PNG Redux

[wOOge]

trust me... virtually the millisecond IE goes full PNG support, i 
switch all my sites to the PNG goodness.
however, this discussion has inspired me to make a png version of my 
theme before then... hrmm... who knows.


On Mar 26, 2004, at 9:39p, Steve Sloan wrote:


> Howdy, all, it's me again ... the PNG fanatic. ;)

>

> Just wanted to mention that I've chosen to convert my Geeklog 

> installation (1.3.9) over to PNG, and it's worked just fine for me.  

> As it turns out, IE does still support simple transparency on PNGs 

> (i.e. no alpha channel, indexed color only).  I used gif2png to 

> convert all of the distribution GIFs, and changed the code more or 

> less by hand.  And although size isn't much of an issue on these tiny 

> graphics, the PNGs compress to ~10% smaller.

>

> So, works for me, your mileage may vary, but I encourage you to make 

> this change.

>

> -- Steve

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