[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8542: Transparency of navigation menu images in IE6

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#8542: Transparency of navigation menu images in IE6
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 Reporter:  johnhennmacc  |        Owner:         
     Type:  defect        |       Status:  closed 
 Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:         
Component:  UI            |      Version:         
 Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  has-patch     |  
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Comment (by ydekproductions):

 Replying to [comment:3 vladimir_kolesnikov]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 azaozz]:
 > > Unfortunately GIFs support only 256 colors which is not enough for the
 nice menu icons. As far as I remember there's a patch for IE6 to make it
 handle transparent PNGs so if somebody is stuck with it (IE6 has been
 "dead" for some years now), at least they can patch that.
 >
 > PNG images for menus are 8-bit; 2^8=256 => PNG to GIF conversion should
 be lossless.

 Transparent PNGs are 24-bit. :)

 And the IE6 PNG fix will not work for this situation.  The
 AlphaImageLoader object does not work with a background-position other
 than top left.  It just fails miserably.

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