Re: [boost] Renaming "c++boost.gif"

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (agurtovoy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-03 16:37:08

Jeff Garland writes:
> On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 15:00:39 -0500, Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote
>> Stefan Seefeld writes:
>> > Aleksey Gurtovoy wrote:
>> >> Stefan Seefeld writes:
>> >
>> >>>what about taking the occasion and changing to the not-so-patent-ridden
>> >>>png format ?
>> >> Is it equally well supported by Internet browsers?
>> >
>> > http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngapbr.html
>> 
>> OK, does this one looks good to everyone:
>>     
>>     http://www.meta-comm.com/engineering/boost/boost_logo.png
>
> Seems like there is something slightly amiss. Netscape 7 on Win98 doesn't like
> it and Konqueror 3.2 displays a funny line on the bottom.  But given the
> relative market share of these browsers you might suspect a software bug --
> although the Konqueror result is a bit suprising...

I converted the image using Photoshop, which I more or less trust.  If
somebody wants to give it one more try using something else, please be
my guest!

>
> Mandrake Linux 10 
> recent versions of browsers: (sorry too lazy to track all them all down)
> FireFox -- good.
> Epiphany -- good.
> Galeon -- good.
> Konqueror (V3.2.0) -- small line displays across the bottom.
>
> Win98 
> IE 6.0.2600.000 -- good
> FireFox -- good
> Netscape 7 -- Gecko/20020823 -- "cannot be displayed, because it contains errors."
>
> WinXP -- Service Pack2
> FireFox -- good
> IE 6.0.2900++ -- good

Thanks for all the testing,

-- 
Aleksey Gurtovoy
MetaCommunications Engineering