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Browser-Specific Image Problems

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There have been some "images don't display in all browsers" problems. This is a test of that. Each image is "Test Image" in magenta/pink letters on a white background.

PNG test image png format

JPG test image jpg format

TIF test image TIF format

BMP test image BMP format


Tested using browserstack.com:

  • Windows 7 & 10 Firefox: TIF does not display
  • Windows 7 & 10 Chrome: TIF does not display
  • Windows 7 & 10 Opera: TIF does not display
  • Windows 7 & 10 IE: BMP does not display
  • Windows 7 & 10 Edge: TIF does not display
  • Mac Safari: No problems!
  • Mac Firefox: TIF does not display
  • Mac Chrome: TIF does not display
  • Mac Opera: TIF does not display
  • Mac Edge: TIF does not display
  • Android (Google Pixel 4) Chrome: TIF does not display
  • Android (Google Pixel 4) Firefox: TIF does not display
  • iOS (iPhone 11) Safari: No problems!
  • iOS (iPhone 11) Chrome: No problems!

This appears to not be a Codidact problem per se:

  • If I try to display the files directly (file://c:/etc. as a URL) in Firefox, the PNG, JPG and BMP all work as expected but TIF ends up as a download.
  • Another (ahem) helpful site has some information about this problem.

So it appears that JPG and PNG are the only truly reliable image formats. Actually, I'm 99+% certain that GIF is also universal, but generally speaking JPG and PNG are preferred to GIF.

Probably no quick & easy solution. Suggestions:

  • Check filetype on upload and only allow if filetype (based on contents, not simply file extension) is PNG, JPG or GIF. This has the advantage of not just blocking marginal image formats but also helping to block malicious Javascript or other nasty stuff.
  • Detect BMP and TIF and offer to convert to JPG or PNG using ImageMagick or a similar system.
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Olin Lathrop‭ wrote almost 4 years ago

I can see "Test Image" for all 4 image types. Using Edge on Win10.

ArtOfCode‭ wrote almost 4 years ago · edited almost 4 years ago

I suspect this is IE/Edge/Windows. TIFF images seem to work there, but not in other environments.

Andy aka‭ wrote almost 4 years ago

I can't see the TIFF image. For the others I see "Test image" in magenta/pink letters (not sure if that's what I'm supposed to see - maybe you should say "if you can read these words you can see the image")

celtschk‭ wrote about 3 years ago

Additional data point: Waterfox on Linux doesn't show TIFF, but all others.