Tag: images

  • “View image” in Firefox 11

    ”View image” in Firefox 11

    On March 13, a new Firefox version came out once again, namely version 11. Apart from the fact that I find their insanely small update intervals completely over the top – to me it seems like version 3.6 was only a few weeks ago – Mozilla now started to build in new “Annoyances” with each release,…

  • Firefox 3.6: graphic bug finally fixed!

    Can you believe it? The graphic bug in Firefox that I once told about was finally fixed in version 3.6! The bug was first reported in May 2009 – so it just took them almost a year … ;) But well, it was only a rarely occurring bug and therefore probably didn’t have the highest priority.…

  • Preserve PNG transparency with GD Lib

    Lately I had to write a PHP function that generates differently sized thumbnails from an image with GD Lib. Thereby I had lots of trouble with semi-transparent PNG graphics. Although I found many tips on the internet that pointed me in the right direction, I couldn’t find a really complete and neat solution. Many people…

  • “position: fixed;” flickering when scrolling in Firefox 3.5

    Some Windows users may already have noticed it on certain websites: Since the update to the current Firefox version 3.5, fixed images (or fixed containers with background images) start flickering terribly when scrolling, so much that it almost hurts your eyes. So it was here on my site with the photos on the left and the…

  • Large images in WordPress

    Yet another small, but annoying problem solved: Since sometime ago (allegedly since version 2.5 – I haven’t noticed it until 2.6), WordPress has started to scale all larger images, which were added in the editor by clicking “add image”, down to a width of 500 pixels. This will also happen, if you even chose “full size” in…