Animated GIF won't work on IE6

At the top of the page on my website http://www.itemlook.com I have an
animated gif called "eyeline.gif". It has worked fine in the past, but
recently I am unable to get it to work using IE6. All that I get is a box
with nothing in it. It almost seems as if the file will not open on my page,
let alone animate.

It still works fine with my Netscape browser. I am using Windows 98. Any
ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Gary

re: Animated GIF won't work on IE6

Gary Kaucher said the following on 1/12/2006 1:10 AM:[color=blue]
> At the top of the page on my website http://www.itemlook.com I have an
> animated gif called "eyeline.gif". It has worked fine in the past, but
> recently I am unable to get it to work using IE6. All that I get is a box
> with nothing in it. It almost seems as if the file will not open on my page,
> let alone animate.[/color]

It doesn't open for me either. In Firefox I see the image but it is not
animated. In IE6, even when saving the file locally, it will not display
the image in an html file.
[color=blue]
> It still works fine with my Netscape browser. I am using Windows 98. Any
> ideas would be appreciated.[/color]

Try re-creating the image. But in either event, it has nothing to do
with Javascript

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Randy
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re: Animated GIF won't work on IE6

On 2006-01-12, Randy Webb <HikksNotAtHome@aol.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Gary Kaucher said the following on 1/12/2006 1:10 AM:[color=green]
>> At the top of the page on my website http://www.itemlook.com I have an
>> animated gif called "eyeline.gif". It has worked fine in the past, but
>> recently I am unable to get it to work using IE6. All that I get is a box
>> with nothing in it. It almost seems as if the file will not open on my page,
>> let alone animate.[/color]
>
> It doesn't open for me either. In Firefox I see the image but it is not
> animated. In IE6, even when saving the file locally, it will not display
> the image in an html file.
>[color=green]
>> It still works fine with my Netscape browser. I am using Windows 98. Any
>> ideas would be appreciated.[/color][/color]

Works fine in firefox 1.5 (linux) too.

If you just use the URL,
http://www.itemlook.com/images/eyeline.gif
does it work?

re: Animated GIF won't work on IE6

Spamless said the following on 1/12/2006 10:06 AM:

[OT] added to the Subject Line as this has nothing to do with Javascript.
[color=blue]
> On 2006-01-12, Randy Webb <HikksNotAtHome@aol.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Gary Kaucher said the following on 1/12/2006 1:10 AM:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>At the top of the page on my website http://www.itemlook.com I have an
>>>animated gif called "eyeline.gif". It has worked fine in the past, but
>>>recently I am unable to get it to work using IE6. All that I get is a box
>>>with nothing in it. It almost seems as if the file will not open on my page,
>>>let alone animate.[/color]
>>
>>It doesn't open for me either. In Firefox I see the image but it is not
>>animated. In IE6, even when saving the file locally, it will not display
>>the image in an html file.
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>It still works fine with my Netscape browser. I am using Windows 98. Any
>>>ideas would be appreciated.[/color][/color]
>
>
> Works fine in firefox 1.5 (linux) too.
>
> If you just use the URL,
> http://www.itemlook.com/images/eyeline.gif
> does it work?[/color]

Not in IE. And using that URL in Mozilla

--
Randy
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re: Animated GIF won't work on IE6

> Spamless said the following on 1/12/2006 10:06 AM:[color=blue]
>
> [OT] added to the Subject Line as this has nothing to do with Javascript.
>[color=green]
> > On 2006-01-12, Randy Webb <HikksNotAtHome@aol.com> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>Gary Kaucher said the following on 1/12/2006 1:10 AM:
> >>
> >>>At the top of the page on my website http://www.itemlook.com I have an
> >>>animated gif called "eyeline.gif". It has worked fine in the past, but
> >>>recently I am unable to get it to work using IE6. All that I get is a[/color][/color][/color]
box[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>>with nothing in it. It almost seems as if the file will not open on my[/color][/color][/color]
page,[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>>let alone animate.
> >>
> >>It doesn't open for me either. In Firefox I see the image but it is not
> >>animated. In IE6, even when saving the file locally, it will not display
> >>the image in an html file.
> >>
> >>
> >>>It still works fine with my Netscape browser. I am using Windows 98.[/color][/color][/color]
Any[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >>>ideas would be appreciated.[/color]
> >
> >
> > Works fine in firefox 1.5 (linux) too.
> >
> > If you just use the URL,
> > http://www.itemlook.com/images/eyeline.gif
> > does it work?[/color]
>
> Not in IE. And using that URL in Mozilla
>
> --
> Randy
> comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq & newsgroup weekly
> Javascript Best Practices -[/color]
http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/


Thanks for responses. After I posted, I remembered that eyeline.gif was an
animated GIF and not an animated javascript. I still haven't figured out if
my problem is with the file or the browser. It used to work in IE6. Sorry I
posted to wrong group.

Gary

re: Animated GIF won't work on IE6

"Gary Kaucher" <gkaucher@spamptd.net> wrote in message
news:Q9CdnYC3raOVY1veUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=blue][color=green]
> > Spamless said the following on 1/12/2006 10:06 AM:
> >
> > [OT] added to the Subject Line as this has nothing to do with[/color][/color]
Javascript.[color=blue][color=green]
> >[color=darkred]
> > > On 2006-01-12, Randy Webb <HikksNotAtHome@aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Gary Kaucher said the following on 1/12/2006 1:10 AM:
> > >>
> > >>>At the top of the page on my website http://www.itemlook.com I have[/color][/color][/color]
an[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > >>>animated gif called "eyeline.gif". It has worked fine in the past,[/color][/color][/color]
but[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > >>>recently I am unable to get it to work using IE6. All that I get is a[/color][/color]
> box[color=green][color=darkred]
> > >>>with nothing in it. It almost seems as if the file will not open on[/color][/color][/color]
my[color=blue]
> page,[color=green][color=darkred]
> > >>>let alone animate.
> > >>
> > >>It doesn't open for me either. In Firefox I see the image but it is[/color][/color][/color]
not[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > >>animated. In IE6, even when saving the file locally, it will not[/color][/color][/color]
display[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > >>the image in an html file.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>It still works fine with my Netscape browser. I am using Windows 98.[/color][/color]
> Any[color=green][color=darkred]
> > >>>ideas would be appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > > Works fine in firefox 1.5 (linux) too.
> > >
> > > If you just use the URL,
> > > http://www.itemlook.com/images/eyeline.gif
> > > does it work?[/color]
> >
> > Not in IE. And using that URL in Mozilla
> >
> > --
> > Randy
> > comp.lang.javascript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq & newsgroup weekly
> > Javascript Best Practices -[/color]
> http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/
>
>
> Thanks for responses. After I posted, I remembered that eyeline.gif was an
> animated GIF and not an animated javascript. I still haven't figured out[/color]
if[color=blue]
> my problem is with the file or the browser. It used to work in IE6. Sorry[/color]
I[color=blue]
> posted to wrong group.
>
> Gary
>[/color]

It appears that my animated eyeline.gif would not load or work properly on
my IE6 browser because of a Windows Update (KB90515) that I installed on
12/14/05. I removed Internet Explorer Q905915 in Control Panel - Add/Remove
Programs, and my IE6 browser sees the animated gif perfectly. I suspect that
I need to save eyeline.gif in a more recent version of Photoshop.

Thanks again for the feedback.

Gary

re: Animated GIF won't work on IE6

"gkaucher" <gkaucher@ptd.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> Thank you! I installed the revised file on my website, and
> reinstalled Windows Update KB905915, and everything
> works fine. Did GifAnimator make the changes automatically,
> or is that done manually? Thanks again.[/color]

It gave an error message when it loaded the file indicating that
something was wrong with a size. It corrected the size auto-
matically. Saving the file involved clicking upon the Save As
button. I deleted the two copies after I posted the new file
here.

Jim Carlock
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re: Animated GIF won't work on IE6

I was beating my head against the wall with this problem. I could view my own animated gifs in Netscape - and in IE 6 from my hard drive. I could not view them in IE or in Firefox from the web.

I found a solution by undisabling (is that's a word?) the ad blocking feature in my firewall (in zone alarm - go to the privacy tab, main tab, turn ad blocking off).