type quality in Ajax XML Ticker with IE7

[clair]

1) Script Title: Ajax XML Ticker

2) Script URL (on DD):
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex2/ajaxticker.htm

3) Describe problem:
I'm curious as to why the quality of the text inside the ticker box is less than the rest of the normal HTML text on the page when viewed in IE7? Anybody have any thoughts? (It's fine in FF2.)

The link to my page with the Ticker running is

http://www.vt2000.com

Thanks,
Clair

[ddadmin]

The only culprit, if any, would be the fading effect used in IE7 by the script. However, I don't detect any discernable difference between the text in the ticker and outside?

[lzyb0nz]

I'm getting the same thing.

It seems that rather than anti-aliasing the text ie7 is rendering the anti-aliased fuzzy areas as solid colour creating a weird bleed effect.


anybody got any ideas?

lzy

ps. weird thing is clair that yours looks perfect in ie7 on my box - did you find a fix?

[ddadmin]

Ok, I know what the issue is now, since you mentioned that the demo on DD looks perfect for you. Check out the default CSS for the script:


#ajaxticker1{
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
border: 1px ridge black;
padding: 5px;
background-color: #FEEEB8;
}


#ajaxticker1 div{ /*IE6 bug fix when text is bold and fade effect (alpha filter) is enabled. Style inner DIV with same color as outer DIV*/
background-color: #FEEEB8;
}

Notice the second CSS rule, which sets the background color of the inner DIV to be the same as the main DIV itself. Per the comments, this is to overcome a bug in IE that causes links to look fuzzy if without. In your example, you've removed this second rule. Add it back in.

[lzyb0nz]

i'm so stupid it's actually starting to hurt (or is that my pride?)

thank you very much for your help ddadmin