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Board hates PNG?
DBOY - Sep 3, 2002
  DBOY Sep 3, 2002
I noticed earlier when I tried to post a PNG picture with the

 Gallstaff Sep 3, 2002
i can get bmp...

 Myname Sep 3, 2002
I don't think PNG is supported in most things at the moment, most likely not Ikonboard 3. The makers... are probably better people to answer the question.

 Zziggy00 Sep 3, 2002
yeah it's not supported...

 ExCyber Sep 3, 2002

  
	
	

		
		

			I don't think PNG is supported in most things at the moment


It's probably supported by more things than you think; the 1.0 spec is about six years old, and most of the high-profile graphical browsers have had at least basic PNG support for a while now (alpha channel support seems to be the biggest weak spot). The latest version of a hugely popular piece of software not even recognizing PNG as an image format is pretty ridiculous.

 archiver Sep 3, 2002

  
	
	

		
		

			alpha channel support seems to be the biggest weak spot


Which is a shame, the alpha channels look so much better than transparent GIFs.

Seeing as ~95% of people browse with IE, I guess it's a matter of when Microsoft will (if ever) decide to support it..

 Raijin Z Sep 3, 2002
More than 95%. Yeah, MS is fucktarded about PNG support. I want more than 1-bit transparency. I want it with whipped cream. All on a nice redhead with a cute ass. Yeah.....

 archiver Sep 3, 2002
Yeah, they are. Although I think if they started offering nice redheads, All would be forgiven, Microsoft