Just curious about .png

What happens if an actual  .png is identified as a .jpg or .gif in 
the html script and on its icon name?  also then, what about changing 
the .jpg to a .gif on the icon and the html ?

At 8:00 PM +0100 12/5/01, Claus Cyrny wrote:
>Hi,
>
>first of all thanks for your input on this (Jaqueline,
>Caroling, Carl, Nick ...).
>
>I solved the problem by removing the reference to the
>background PNG in the style sheets and putting it right
>after the BODY tag.
>
>Regarding PNG: Although not *all* of the advanced
>features (like interlacing, automatic gamma correction,
>8-bit transparency) are supported by the majority of
>browsers, the *basic* features are! I switched to PNG
>because of the LZW copyright issues (for more see at
>http://burnallgifs.org - non-commercial).
>
>Regarding what Jaqueline wrote:
>
>>  So at this point I simply avoid using the PNG format until
>>  it is more universally accepted.
>
>Actually, this is somewhat of a viscious circle: If no one starts
>using PNG, there's little reason to improve the implementation,
>and because it isn't implemented properly, very few people are
>using it ...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Claus
>
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