# In IE there is delay in loading png images

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**Created:** [August 20, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-ie-there-is-delay-in-loading-png-images/197093 "2009-08-20T11:16:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![shanmu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@shanmu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shanmu)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-ie-there-is-delay-in-loading-png-images/197093/1 "2009-08-20T11:16:27Z")

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Hi all,

Can some one help me in this issue. My application consists only png  
images where it takes normal time to get loaded in all browsers except  
IE.

In IE i can see nearly 950 requests where other browsers show only  
around 65 requests. Here i have attached the screen shot which i took  
using httpwatch in IE.

Here i noticed around 900 requests which is sent to this path  
“[http://localhost:3000/htc/png.htc](http://localhost:3000/htc/png.htc)”. I googled regarding this issue but  
i didnt find any best solution.

In google many have posted that “png images not getting uploaded in IE”.  
For me png images are getting loaded, i can see those png images but it  
is taking long time to get loaded.

Thanks in advance,  
shanmu

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**Author:** ![shanmu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@shanmu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shanmu)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-ie-there-is-delay-in-loading-png-images/197093/2 "2009-08-20T13:07:28Z")

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maybe you have a javascript or stylesheet that is calling the htc  
file(proably to fix the transparency issue on ie6)

regards

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Shanmu G. \<  
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**Author:** ![shanmu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@shanmu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shanmu)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-ie-there-is-delay-in-loading-png-images/197093/3 "2009-08-20T13:15:39Z")

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Are you very sure none of your stylesheets are requesting png.htc  
somehow? png.htc is a known fix for PNG in IE. If your stylesheet is  
linking to it, but it doesn’t exist, that might slow down your  
request.

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**Author:** ![shanmu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@shanmu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/shanmu)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/in-ie-there-is-delay-in-loading-png-images/197093/4 "2009-08-20T14:25:02Z")

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jhaagmans wrote:

> Are you very sure none of your stylesheets are requesting png.htc  
> somehow? png.htc is a known fix for PNG in IE. If your stylesheet is  
> linking to it, but it doesn’t exist, that might slow down your  
> request.

Hi all,

Thanks for your response. I am sure none of my stylesheets are linking  
to png.htc but i wonder how this file has been triggered in IE browser  
alone.

Around 900 requests are sent to this specific file(png.htc) though this  
file has no link from any other file. It is taking long long time to  
load the page.

Please help me