CDZ Avatars and transparancy

Irigy · 10-02-2004, 22:12

or: why using IE is bad

<missionary mode>
Below you see a pic on how the avatar is supposed to
look, and how it does look in that certain product
from that certain big company:

Sweet and not-so-sweet, hmm?
</missionary mode>

Shabbaman · 11-02-2004, 08:11

Nice, but what's your point? My avatar has a transparent background, hasn't it? At least, here... and I'm using IE.

digger760 · 11-02-2004, 10:11

And here is the Opera comparison:

Opera:

2.08KB

MSIE:

2.27KB

Irigy · 11-02-2004, 10:21

Ok, i wasn't clear enough in the first post.

Of course IE can display transparancy, but not alpha transparancy (that is: parts of the image are visible for example 50%). With IE it's either 100% or 0%.

digger760 · 11-02-2004, 10:33

And i dont think the pictures i posted showed the proper story so here they are again with a bit more perspective:

Opera:

30.94KB

MSIE:

27.13KB

So it looks like MSIE is the looser (Opera is much faster to load pages as well

)

Irigy · 11-02-2004, 10:40

Yes, that was my point. Thanks for the help, Digger!

Every normal browser (except IE) can display alpha transparency.
And to make my point even more clear, i made a little example pic while digger was doing the same.

The following pic should always show the background of the page (independent from it's color) on the left - smoothly going over to yellow on the right. You can't do that with the "all-or-nothing" transparancy of gifs.

Irigy · 11-02-2004, 10:41

Same pic when background is white:

10-02-2004, 22:12	#1
Irigy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Germany. Posts: 95	CDZ Avatars and transparancy or: why using IE is bad <missionary mode> Below you see a pic on how the avatar is supposed to look, and how it does look in that certain product from that certain big company: Sweet and not-so-sweet, hmm? </missionary mode> __________________ You have too much time? Take a look at http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=69 and advise! )

11-02-2004, 08:11	#2
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,493	Nice, but what's your point? My avatar has a transparent background, hasn't it? At least, here... and I'm using IE. __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

11-02-2004, 10:21	#4
Irigy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Germany. Posts: 95	Ok, i wasn't clear enough in the first post. Of course IE can display transparancy, but not alpha transparancy (that is: parts of the image are visible for example 50%). With IE it's either 100% or 0%. __________________ You have too much time? Take a look at http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=69 and advise! )

11-02-2004, 10:40	#6
Irigy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Germany. Posts: 95	Yes, that was my point. Thanks for the help, Digger! Every normal browser (except IE) can display alpha transparency. And to make my point even more clear, i made a little example pic while digger was doing the same. The following pic should always show the background of the page (independent from it's color) on the left - smoothly going over to yellow on the right. You can't do that with the "all-or-nothing" transparancy of gifs. __________________ You have too much time? Take a look at http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=69 and advise! )

11-02-2004, 10:41	#7
Irigy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Germany. Posts: 95	Same pic when background is white: __________________ You have too much time? Take a look at http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=69 and advise! )

11-02-2004, 10:11	#3
digger760 King Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Fake Dog Poo Factory. Posts: 1,887	And here is the Opera comparison: Opera: 2.08KB MSIE: 2.27KB

11-02-2004, 10:33	#5
digger760 King Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Fake Dog Poo Factory. Posts: 1,887	And i dont think the pictures i posted showed the proper story so here they are again with a bit more perspective: Opera: 30.94KB MSIE: 27.13KB So it looks like MSIE is the looser (Opera is much faster to load pages as well )