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On Wednesday 14 January 2009 09:37, Alan Pope wrote: > 2009/1/14 Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > 1) Can anyone with a disabled computer tell me if IE can now display PNG > > as is or does it still need that annoying bit of javascript to get it > > working. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics#Web_browser_support_ >for_PNG > > > 2) Have those JPG patents expired/been laughed off the planet etc > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPG#Potential_patent_issues > > "As of October 27, 2006, the U.S. patent's 20-year term appears to > have expired, and in November 2006, Forgent agreed to abandon > enforcement of patent claims against use of the JPEG standard." > > Cheers, > Al. Thanks for the info folks. I think I'll try and use PNG's as I can avoid transparency requirements and it might just help push FLOSS a bit. Assuming I can get the teachers to agree to creative commons on this.... Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html