Re: [newbie] Netscape and .png

[Dacia and AzureRose]

I tested it today and found that netscape (4.72 128
encryption version) read .png files in linux no
problem.  I didn't test the wandows version......


Dacia


--- Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 25 May 2000, StormeRider wrote:
> 
> >>I have not heard anywhere that PNG is a standard
> anywhere. If it is, and
> >>Netscape does not support it, then NS is wrong. If
> PNG is not yet an
> >>accepted standard on webpages, then I am sorry for
> stating this again, but
> >>then the person who put the image there is not
> comforming to the
> >>standards, and this then can happen.
> >
> >Define what you mean by "a standard". PNG is a
> standard for a graphic type;
> >ie, all PNGs follow the same compression and layout
> of raster information. I
> 
> Since this thread is about netscape and .png... The
> standard I refer to
> here concerns the standard graphic formats that are
> supported by the
> mainstream of browsers. As far as I know, those are
> GIF and JPG. PNG is
> new to me. I did notice though, that it is the
> default format for the
> Gimp.
> 
> >do not know of _any_ standard, including the W3C,
> which lists what image
> >types a "compatible" browser should be capable of
> displaying. If you find such
> >a standard... please send it my way, I would
> consider it interesting reading
> 
> I have no proof in print for these things to be
> standards, but in the 8
> years that I am on the net now I have noticed just
> about any uncustomized
> browser to get in trouble on image formats other
> than the 2 I
> mentioned. I would always need plugins for different
> stuff (except BMP's
> in IE, but what kind of format is that for on the
> web anyway).
> 
> >>My use of Linux has nothing to do with the ability
> or disability to view
> >>certain kinds of graphics on webpages. *grin*
> >>Just got sick and tired of MS-stuff and the
> strange screens of errors they
> >>incorporate in their systems.
> >
> >Know the feeling. Thats why I have 11 machines...
> and only two of them run
> >Windows. :)
> 
> Haha!! I only have windows on a machine for my work
> (teleworking has no
> support for Linux yet), and to read out the digital
> camera (can't get
> Gphoto to read the pictures for some reason although
> it is listed as
> supported).
> 
> >>I wonder if the windows version of netscape does
> PNG..
> >>
> >>Paul
> >
> >Not sure... it might, I don't have it installed to
> test it with.
> >
> >--Nathan
> 
> I almost feel tempted to try it out someday... But
> not in a hurry, since
> it is only windows. *grin*
> 
> Paul
> 
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