Firefox demo page

[steven]

Hi,
I saw a webpage recently which demonstrated a number of *standard* HTML/CSS
features, most of which IE got wrong.
One was a PNG transparency demo, which had images of the sun and an eagle,
where you could move the eagle's shadow when you dragged the eagle or the
sun.
Seems I lost the link. I'd be grateful if some1 could tell me.

Steven

 

[Ryan Stewart]

Hi,
I saw a webpage recently which demonstrated a number of *standard*
HTML/CSS
features, most of which IE got wrong.
One was a PNG transparency demo, which had images of the sun and an eagle,
where you could move the eagle's shadow when you dragged the eagle or the
sun.
Seems I lost the link. I'd be grateful if some1 could tell me.

Try Google first next time. Took me about 15 seconds to find this:
http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/demos/eagle-sun.html

 

[Richard]

Try Google first next time. Took me about 15 seconds to find this:
http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/demos/eagle-sun.html

With that kind of demo, it only proves IE sucks royally.
IE doesn't know what to do with a png layer for sure.
In firefox, it worked perfectly.

Hate to say this, but I think I'll trash IE.

 

[steven]

Try Google first next time. Took me about 15 seconds to find this:
http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/demos/eagle-sun.html

Please, be kind to me, Ryan. Please.

Of course I tried Google first! Usually it's *me* who finds *anything*
within 15 seconds. Must have focused on the wrong keywords. The refering
page I was looking for is http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/demos.html.
Some nice demos there. Not surprisingly, IE gets the game right, but not the
relevant stuff. Well, that Microsoft for you, I guess... ;-)

Thanks,
Steven

 

[Oli Filth]

Ryan Stewart wrote:




With that kind of demo, it only proves IE sucks royally.
IE doesn't know what to do with a png layer for sure.
In firefox, it worked perfectly.

Hate to say this, but I think I'll trash IE.

What's new ?!! Unfortunately, the lack of IE support for PNG alpha transparency
has been a problem for years. Microsoft's "solution" is to tell us to use the
AlphaImageLoader DirectX control for every PNG on a page, but this is the most
cack-handed workaround ever.

Oli

 

[steven]

With that kind of demo, it only proves IE sucks royally.
IE doesn't know what to do with a png layer for sure.
In firefox, it worked perfectly.

Hate to say this, but I think I'll trash IE.

In case you need another argument, see http://www.nefkom.net/g.piesche/ie/.
I realise that statements like "IE sucks" can easily provoke another
flame-war. However, the argument isn't just emotional: all the examples
illustrate *facts*. IE does not comply with standards and messes up pages
which do.
Would you buy a watch with the long hand indicating the hours, and the short
hand indicating the minutes?

 

[Hywel Jenkins]

In case you need another argument, see http://www.nefkom.net/g.piesche/ie/.
I realise that statements like "IE sucks" can easily provoke another
flame-war. However, the argument isn't just emotional: all the examples
illustrate *facts*. IE does not comply with standards and messes up pages
which do.
Would you buy a watch with the long hand indicating the hours, and the short
hand indicating the minutes?

The length of the hands is almost irrelevant as the wearer would soon
adapt to the difference.

 

[steven]

The length of the hands is almost irrelevant as the wearer would soon
adapt to the difference.

Until she has to read the time on another watch...

 

[Ryan Stewart]

Until she has to read the time on another watch...

Regardless, I would still buy the watch.

 

[SpaceGirl]

Until she has to read the time on another watch...

Problem is, the watch came with birth and it's very hard to remove. And
most people cant be bothered and are scared by other watches because
they're harder to use.

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[steven]

Problem is, the watch came with birth and it's very hard to remove. And
most people cant be bothered and are scared by other watches because
they're harder to use.

Yes, that was a bad metaphore. But I maintain that standards are important.

 

[Jeffrey Silverman]

Try Google first next time. Took me about 15 seconds to find this:
http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/demos/eagle-sun.html

It is interseting to note that this eagle demo works in Opera as well.

 

[steven]

It is interseting to note that this eagle demo works in Opera as well.

Good. Not that I doubted it. Same for the ohe other demos, and for other
browsers.
It's just this one browser. Again. What's it called again, something like
Exploder, isn't it?