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IE 7
April 26, 2006 ( geek )
FINALLY PNG SUPPORT.
PNG is a "Portable Network Graphic" -- it's the successor to "GIF" images -- it doesn't have the annoying GIF patent problems (which are moot now anyway), and it enables true alpha transparency, which means that you can design a semi-transparent graphic that looks nice ontop of any background. With GIFs, you have to change the entire image if you change the background color, and forget about overlaying on top of another image.
Also, it seems like they tore out all the pages from the Firefox manual and a few from Opera -- tabbed browsing, better security (I'll believe that when it doesn't get hacked immediately... but it does do at least on the surface a better job), and the ever-cool "scaling" effect that Opera has had for so many years now.
It's still super-bloaty, and requires a reboot to install it, and it's not like I'm about to even use it for anything but purely testing my designs purposes, due to my inherent distrust of all things MS.
But.... yay for the png support. Even if the CSS positioning support is f'ed up -- in a new, and different, way. Sigh.
Posted by griffjon at April 26, 2006 09:38 AM
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