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Date:      Tue, 23 Sep 1997 21:01:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Joel N. Weber II" <devnull@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
To:        chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   [newt@pobox.com: Re: Basic WWW PNG info needed]
Message-ID:  <199709240101.VAA15325@melange.gnu.ai.mit.edu>

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Here is an example of where a stupid plugin API doesn't support everything
that could be wanted--in this case, alpha channel wasn't supported.
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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 15:25:40 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: Basic WWW PNG info needed
From: Greg Roelofs <newt@pobox.com>
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Whether a plug-in gets invoked for OBJECT vs. EMBED *is* a browser issue.
The plug-in doesn't even exist at the time the decision is made.  Likewise
for the alpha-channel stuff:  if the browser doesn't provide the proper
hooks, there's absolutely nothing the plug-in can do about it.

[snip]
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