GIF's messed up in IE

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:57 pm

Im working on my sisters laptop and looking at GIFs in IE and they are of poor quality. If I save the image then view it in another Application it looks fine. Is there a GIF image quality setting or something like that in IE?

Augix · Post by **Augix** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:13 pm

if she is using AOL u have a feature to make images low quality so u can browse faster , I dont know if that is the case. If not, try to upgrade IE or check the version u have, and check also if you have any APP loading with ur IE in order to make .... like I told u before.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:30 pm

IE 6 has image resizing enabled by default, which can make images look like crap. Tools->Internet Options -> Advanced -> Enable automatic image resizing (under Multimedia). Uncheck it.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:45 pm

that did not help FP

Here is an example (I hate to post the page) http://www.oprah.com
the menu on the lefthand side is made up of GIFs and they look messed up.

Augix · Post by **Augix** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:21 am

Originally posted by RubberDuckie
that did not help FP

Here is an example (I hate to post the page) http://www.oprah.com
the menu on the lefthand side is made up of GIFs and they look messed up.

try cheking u display settings 16 bit ? 24 bit , sizes etc. and keep in mind what I told u about cheking what IE is loading .

easy fix , go to unnistall programs WIndoes then uncheck IE , reboot , reinstallIE done. !

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:52 pm

Latest IE and in 32bit no AOL
here is a screen shot

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:54 pm

Have you tried a different browser by chance? Maybe you can get her on Firefox instead of IE if it doesn't have those problems? GL eGo

Augix · Post by **Augix** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:01 pm

First of all seems like your promblem is that you are loading text and images bigger than the normal, try to set your text size to medium , also check clear type under windows, then... try to go IE tools > internet options > > General , then go to accessibility ( and there uncheck everything ) then check the Advanced Tab , and at the botton check RESTORE Defaults , close IE reboot and try again and let me know .
just in case clear cookies and IE temp files.

Absolut Talent · Post by **Absolut Talent** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:10 pm

Originally posted by Augix
First of all seems like your promblem is that you are loading text and images bigger than the normal, try to set your text size to medium , also check clear type under windows, then... try to go IE tools > internet options > > General , then go to accessibility ( and there uncheck everything ) then check the Advanced Tab , and at the botton check RESTORE Defaults , close IE reboot and try again and let me know .
just in case clear cookies and IE temp files.

the text size would be irrelevant to the problem he is having with the image quality. I just held ctrl and used my scroll wheel to change the text sizes on that site, and it didnt change the image size/quality at all

My suggestion.....check to make sure the correct video drivers are installed, might even want to update them to the latest version. Make sure your running at 16bit/24bit/or 32bit color.

oh.....my bad...kind of glanced over the first part about them looking ok in another program. Ok, try to Tools>Internet Options>Click on Advanced tab. Scroll down to Multimedia and make sure Smart Image Dithering is checked. Restart

Koo Koo Mouse · Post by **Koo Koo Mouse** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:28 pm

Too me it looks like the text as a picture (gif) was poorly done.. And add and oddball resolutoin and yep, looks like crap.
The websight itself only takes up 60% screen width wise here at 1024x768. Afully narrow..
You screenshot looked a lot bigger like shes running a lower res. You have played with the resoulution right?

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:10 pm

Breif History of this computer.
It is a brand new Dell laptop with the latest drivers and IE.
The problem only seems to be in GIFs. JPG and text looks good.
Never really seen this before.

Funny thing. If I right click and save one of the GIF Images from the menu (on the website) then open it up in another program and the image looks fine. So it is specifically in IE and not the computer or resolution.

FUNKY

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:40 pm

Have you tried d/ling the latest drivers from Dell's website. I've seen problems like that with bad drivers.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:47 pm

no I havent...I really dont want to for 2 reasons.

Its not mine and stability is a concern. the more stable the computer is the less she calls me with problems. And as the saying goes. "If it aint broke, dont fix it"
&
The GIFs show up fine in every other program just fine. Even the same GIF. The same GIF that looks like crap in IE looks normal in ACDSee and others.

But I do appreciate the idea....Im going to hold that one off as a last resort.

(if it were mine I would update the drivers)

afterthought: I checked and there are no updated drivers

Augix · Post by **Augix** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:55 pm

I think I find the problem read this :

High Resolution Laptops and Internet Explorer Bug
Many new laptops (such as the Dell Latitude D600) have high resolution, 120 dpi (dots per inch) screens. Historically most PC's and laptops have 96 dpi screens.

The dpi can be switched between 120 and 96 dpi (and perhaps other values) by:

Right click on the desktop, display properties -> settings -> advanced, select the desired dpi (reboot required)

Note that this does not affect the size or resolution of the display, it simply tells XP and applications the relationship between the pixel size and "real" inches. Many programs use this information so that fonts and images are rendered at the correct size. For example, Microsoft Office applications and the XP Desktop use larger fonts so that objects appear the same absolute size they would on a 96 dpi monitor.

Microsoft Internet Explorer will scale (enlarge) web pages when the dpi is set to high resolution (120 dpi) if a certain flag is set in the registry. If your laptop has a high-resolution screen this flag has probably been set at the factory.

However, scaling images in an Internet browser is problematic, since most web-oriented images are designed in terms of pixels, not in terms of inches or centimeters. Scaling a typical "gif" image for the 120 dpi setting makes it appear choppy and grainy. Even worse, many so-called ActiveX Controls do not scale properly. For example, when performing Windows Update a pop-up box asks you to confirm that you want to install the bug fixes. This pop-up box is created such a buggy ActiveX control, with the effect that the "accept" button is cropped away: you cannot do an update!

There are two possible solutions:

Set the dpi back to 96 as described above. Everything will work properly and you will get a lot of information on the screen; but everything will be shrunk, so this may cause eye-strain.
Turn off scaling for Internet Explorer. This requires editing the registry! (Scary!) Here is how:
Select Run, type "regedit"
Find the variable:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Software
Microsoft
Internet Explorer
Main
UseHR
Change the value of UseHR to 0 (zero)
Reboot

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:12 pm

Augix you are "Da Man"
that was exactly the problem
thanks for helping