png transparency only fails in IE6 and below, not IE7
you can do larger than 256 colour gifs, but they are not lossless
size is not really comparable because it depends on how many colours are
being used - png uses selectable palette
so my advice is use what is required...
i generally use png for images that don't have a large palette (this is
where jpg is appropriate)
i use gifs where i need transparency, otherwise png or jpg as above
the best way to see whats best for non-transparent images is create .gif
and .png and see what is smaller..
On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:30:19 +1000, Michael Baierl mail@mbaierl.com
wrote:
till wrote:
With Internet Explorer behaving so weird when it comes to PNGs I see no reason to use them (at all). After all IE is still the most used browser.
Well, it depends. It's not as easy as "GIF is bad, PNG is good".
GIF: -) 256 colors only -) small in size -) transparency works
PNG: -) true color -) larger compared to GIF -) great transparency support, but broken in IE
Both have lossless compression (not like JPEG).
So it depends on what you want to do with your graphic and if you need
true color or not. If you don't use transparency it's fine to use PNG
within IE, if you don't need true color use GIF because the files are
smaller.Best regards, Mike
