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I just ran the new theme on this blog through Browsershots in order to see if there were any layout inconsistencies. At any rate, when I checked the shots later, I couldn’t help but notice that the screenshot from Internet Explorer 6.0 had a little problem….
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So, in the latest website I’ve been building at http://www.outfrontps.com, I just ran into an issue previously unknown to me…
Usually, when I work with graphics, I like to use the .PNG format. Now, I am not a graphics designer, so it’s not like I regularily use transparencies and whatnot for graphics. Anyways, I created a nice-looking header that relied on it’s transparent background to site over the current header background. Unfortunately, because IE is retarded, it cannot display the transparencies correctly. In fact, it does an amazingly horrible job of it.
So, I tried it in a .GIF, and that was unacceptably poor quality. So the final solution was to overlay it over an imitation of the existing background. That is barely satisfactory….
Why can’t IE just get with the rest of the world on standards? Without even bringing up CSS, IE has failed in many departments. Of course, this is no surprise to any web developer. Everyone has designed a page that they then have to butcher with all kinds of hacks just to get it to work right on IE.
Luckily, IE7 is supposed to be alot better, at least in terms of CSS implementation. The thing I am most excited about is the fact that according to the IEBlog, there is going to be a complete implementation of the .PNG standard in IE7. So, hopefully within a few months, that problem is one that can just rest in the annals of history.
This is the one thing I can be thankful about Microsoft - once IE7 is out, most Windows XP users will automatically upgrade to it. Of course, there will always be legacy users, but if the majority finally supports the format, I see no reason not to go with it.
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