Re: Wishes

[Bjorn Ardo <bjorn@hobbe.lub.lu.se>]

On Wed, Jul 22, 1998 at 04:34:00PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> 	
> About images:
> 		I would love to see mnemonic to be the first browser
> 	who really implements PNG images. Most browsers don't deal
> 	correctly with the alpha channel. Which is quite cool for
> 	webdesign. If you want to see the other browsers failing,
> 	try my page at 
> 		http://www.usf.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE/~breiter/private/
> 	The image should let the background shine through...
> 
> 	We could also be the first browser to atopt the MNG
> 		http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/spec/draft-mng-19980630.html
> 	specification for animated png images and more.
> 	(note there are already some applications with mng support,
> 	see the png homepage.)

There are a PNG-library so the implementation of this shouldn't be that
hard. I haven't looked at it so much but maby it is an idea to look at this
before the display design is fixed. Does PNG support alpha channel like the
GIMP??

> 
> BTW: Preben and i have talked about some interface ideas and
> 	hope to get a lift to look and feel...
> 	

I feel that we should have at least 3 difftrent 'look n feel's, maby more.
It'll make people feel that it is they who are controling what the browser
is doing and encurage to configuring it the way they want it. That is after
all an importent part of mnemonic.



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