Now we all know that IE, apart from a thousand other reasons sucks at rendering 24 bit png transparency as well.
There are quite a few solutions to kill the problem, each has it’s pro’s and con’s. I thought it might be in everybody’s intrest that I compile them down here along with what problems each of them might have. I’m a little busy at the moment so i’ll complete this post later in a day. Here’s what I can comment upon for now.
http://koivi.com/ie-png-transparency/ - php solution works on php files only
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/ - javascript solution that works on inline images, not background images
http://youngpup.net/2001/sleight - javascript solution that works on inline images, not background images
http://www.allinthehead.com/retro/69 - the best possible solution which is a modified version of sleight and also a kb less in size (sleight is 2kb)
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/pngopacity/ - I don’t though this works with background images either though am not sure. If you’ve tried it, let me know by dropping a comment.
http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/pngbehavior/pngbehavior.html - Uses a behaviour to tackle the problem. However, again nly works with inline images. The behaviour also uses a blank gif. Quite a hassle if you ask me. Might add accessibility problems?
