PNG IE6 Fallback Background Colour

otemu · 26 Jun 2011 at 13:56

Hi,

Have a PNG transparency on my home page and I just want a fallback background colour if the user is using IE6, currently IE6 will display a grey background colour for PNG's.

Not interested in using JavaScript or filters to fix the transparency, I know I could use a specific IE6 condition statement to overide the style all together, i just wondered if there another way to make IE6 display a specific background colour for PNGs without using conditional statement?

Thanks any help appreciated

Limenote · 26 Jun 2011 at 14:04

edit: forget it, just finished reading your post

Tripnologist · 26 Jun 2011 at 17:25

otemu said:
i just wondered if there another way to make IE6 display a specific background colour for PNGs without using conditional statement?

Nope, there isn't.

GravyMonster · 26 Jun 2011 at 18:08

Welcome to IE6 hell

eXor · 27 Jun 2011 at 07:06

Not possible, AFAIK.

IE6 specific stylesheet is a decent option and doesn't take much work.

1. Just use Gimp / Photoshop to add a bottom layer filled with your desired colour.

2. Save it as a alternate image to be served up to IE6 only. ( jpg / gif / png8 )

3. Everybody wins.

Baplad · 27 Jun 2011 at 08:25

Use this

http://www.theie6countdown.com/join-us.aspx

Or stop supporting a 10 year old browser ;p

Having to fix things in IE6 makes me cry

Eye seven · 27 Jun 2011 at 11:42

Or you could get them to display as intended using a conditional statement and a small script such as DD_belatedPNG. If you have to support IE6 you may as well do it properly. I would also like to balance this post with IE6 does suck - badly! The sooner it dies the sooner the universe will be happy.

otemu · 27 Jun 2011 at 17:42

Thanks for all the feedback, decieded to use the conditional statement and the http://www.theie6countdown.com/join-us.aspx link for my website. This is my own personal project so I don't actually have to support IE6, just decieded to torture myself......

Baplad · 27 Jun 2011 at 19:35

You could also try this nice desktop just to remind you!

Engram · 28 Jun 2011 at 15:34

Tripnologist · 28 Jun 2011 at 15:42

Someone should add that it is bad practise to put conditional styles in with your normal CSS.

You really should use a conditional statement and feed IE6 it's own style sheet.

GravyMonster · 28 Jun 2011 at 15:56

+1.

Using character hacks to occlude styles from certain browsers makes me a sad panda.