Re: Smileys
- Posted by Unkmar Jul 14, 2008
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GIF has patent issues. We should just use PNG.
PNG on IE versus Firefox. IE doesn't handle transparency of PNG files. Use GIF to resolve the issue.
Unkmar
Thank you Lucius.
Now, since the current set of smileys is pretty nice, does someone know how to translate PNG file to GIF?
Dan
gif patent expired in like, 2004 or so.
But otherwise, yes. We should use png.
This exert is from the link provided in the previous post:
Consequently, while Unisys has further patents and patent applications relating to improvements to the LZW technique, the GIF format may now be used freely.
That being said. I suggest we use PNG or JPG except for when transparency is needed. Microsoft has apparently decided that Internet Explorer should not support the transparency portion of the PNG format. GIF is the only image format that is cross browser supported for transparency.
