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Year 6 Day 135 13:38 HTML Trouble...
Roy Starkiller

This is only generally related to the Combine, but I didn't think the question fit into any other forum...

On a SWC-related page I put together, I have a background image and a table which also has a background image.

The page background is a logo.
The table background is a transparent GIF that creates a 75% dither effect.

The point is, I don't want to completely obscure the page background, but I want a person to be able to see the table.

Now, everything works fine. The dither looks good. My trouble is that in IE, this effect significantly slows down page rendering. Resizing a window is sluggish, as is typing anything (into a text field).

Opera and Firefox do not suffer from this same sluggish behavior.

Does anyone have any ideas what the trouble could be?

The page is supposed to be exclusive, otherwise I'd post a link to it here. If I have the opportunity to make a sample page to show you the trouble, I will do so.


Year 6 Day 135 15:29 HTML Trouble...
Roy Starkiller

Here's a sample page, using the RINC logo with the same dither gif image.

Sample Page


Year 6 Day 135 19:22 HTML Trouble...
Wilhelm von Ismay

Okay, I'm using Netscape 8.0 Beta. It's based on Firefox's code. However, you can switch between "Netscape" rendering and Internet Explorer rendering. It does appear fine in the normal netscape mode, but yes, there is signifigant slowdown in IE. So, it's obviously not just on your end. Most likely just some poor IE coding.

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Year 6 Day 135 23:20 HTML Trouble...
Khan


IE not doing something properly? shock horror!

http://php.swcombine.com/khan/table.php

I know it's not exactly the sort of dither you had before but it's pretty close. Web browsers will just use a 600x700 semi-transparent PNG, that Microsoft thing uses a nasty hack around.

If it's close enough let me know and 'll send you the code. Or you could just create a 600x700 gif from the dither pattern you had :)

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Year 6 Day 136 7:06 HTML Trouble...
Roy Starkiller

Khan,

I think that would work well, except can it make the background darker, rather than lighter?


Year 6 Day 136 20:32 HTML Trouble...
Khan


refresh, should be considerably darker now.

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Year 6 Day 137 10:25 HTML Trouble...
Roy Starkiller

That should be good.

If you can let me know how that gets done and how to tinker with the darkness, I should be set.


Year 6 Day 137 19:59 HTML Trouble...
Khan


sent

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