PNG Transparency In Explorer Without Hacks

July 20, 2008

png8alpha is a droplet app that converts 24bit pngs to 8bit pngs with transparency intact.  These images render normally in modern browsers and IE6 treats them like gifs.  Graceful degradation for pngs!
UPDATE: The latest build is png8alpha-02 (notes)
Usage
Drag and drop a 24bit PNG image onto the application and it will be reduced to 256 colors.  [...]

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