On 2001-10-09 21:44 +0200, Scott Stevenson wrote:
> "Mac IE5's rendering is the best since it not only does full
> alpha-transparency but also gamma and color correction."
> <http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngs-img.html>
>
> The problem only arises when the user attempts to view a PNG image on
> its own, meaning not embedded in HTML. For some reason unknown to the
> universe, every version of MacIE5 I've ever used has the file helpers
> settings for image/png and image/x-png set such that said dialog appears
> rather than the image just being displayed.
>
> Under MacIE 5.0.x for OS9, you could at least manually fix the file
> helper settings to address this -- as described by members of this list.
> This solved the problem on an individual basis, but still meant the vast
> majority of MacIE users would not be able to view individual PNGs unless
> they were in-line. Under 5.1.2, it's not even possible to fix this
> manually (at least on my machine). You can make the changes, but they
> don't stick.
OS 9.2.1 here, Explorer 5 (2022) release 36 here ...
within file helpers, png is handled by Graphic Converter,
download to disk. Apparently overridden by QuickTime 5.0.2 --
local standalone png pictures are displayed fine in Explorer.
I didn't test png pictures served through http.
btw, I've experienced a lot of "not displaying inline" problems
until I finally gave up on my three or four years old Internet
Preferences file and started from scratch.
--
Thomas Schierle, Munich, Germany
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