Rarely will you find the words “Favorite” and Internet Explorer 6 in the same sentence…it has been the bane of my existence ever since I began in Web Development. If I had my way I would make it illegal to even run a copy of IE6…not a far stretch considering all the pain and suffering developers have had to endure over the years. One of the MANY issues plaguing IE6 is it’s inability to deal with transparent PNG images. Instead of listing out all of the PNG solutions available (there are dozens)…I’ll just let you in on what I’ve found to work best:
It’s not perfect but it has been an invaluable tool in this ongoing battle. Yes Javascript would need to be enabled, but at some point we need to take a stand and say NO to visitors that insist on running IE6 with JS disabled while viewing the site on a 15” 800×600 CRT monitor.
Tags: IE6, Javascript, PNG