This issue has been observed in IE 7.0 and IE 6.0, IE 8.0, however do not exhibit this problem.

See the example below, you will need to view it in the culprit browser which is IE 7 or below to see the problem and solution.

Opacity filter before setting the width and height

<div style="display:block; filter:alpha(opacity=50); background-color:#000;">
<div style="height:100px; width:100px; padding: 20px; color:#FFF">50% transparency</div>
</div>

The above example will render as a solid black box with no transparency in IE 7.0 and below

Opacity filter after setting the width and height

<div style="display: block; filter:alpha(opacity=50); background-color: #000000; height: 100%; width: 100%;">
<div style="padding: 20px; height: 100px; width: 100px; color: #FFF;">50% transparency</div>
</div>

At last the opacity filter is working now.

STEP 1

First, we will need the all almighty clouds. Those of you who read alot of photoshop tutorial/guide will realise that alot of them start from the humble render clouds. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds.

STEP 2

Next go to Filter > Pixelate > Mezzotint. Both step 1 and 2 generate random patterns, so you may want to repeat these 2 steps to get different result.

STEP 3

Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Set the angle to 46 and viola, your background is almost ready sans the colours.

STEP 4

For colours, create a new layer and set its blending mode to overlay, then apply a rainbow gradient across making sure that the gradient angle align to your strips.

STEP 5

Adjust the colour brightness of the gradient layer using the curve tool (Ctrl + M). Of course you can skip this step if you are happy with the colours you got in step 4.

STEP 6

The background is already done at this stage, but i would like some vignetting effect around the edge.
Create another layer and fill it with black. Select a portion of the layer using the Elliptical Marquee Tool with Feather set to 50 as shown below.

STEP 7

Delete the selected portion away and we are done.

From the folks over at Jacky Winter Group and Inventive Labs in Melbourne, Australia. These Notepods are sold in pack of 3 over here.

 
function progressionListener(e:ProgressEvent):void {
	var percentage:Number = Math.floor( (e.bytesLoaded*100)/e.bytesTotal );
        trace (percentage);
}
//
function completeListener(e:Event):void{
      trace("Loading Complete");
}
//
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressionListener);
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeListener);

The above example will fail to work after the first loading in IE 6 and 7.

To overcome this problem, i forgo loader events and turn to enterframe events to grab the value of bytesLoaded on every pass of the enterframe event. Then i compare my bytesLoaded and bytesTotal to tell if my swf has finished loading before executing whatever that comes after that. This method is very AS 2.0 but at least it works. See the code below for the workaround.

 
function enterFrameListener(e:Event):void {
	var _bytesLoaded =this.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded;
	var _bytesTotal = this.loaderInfo.bytesTotal;
	var percentge:Number = Math.floor( (_bytesLoaded*100)/_bytesTotal );
        trace(percentage)
        //
	if (_bytesLoaded == _bytesTotal) {
               trace("Loading Complete");
               this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,enterFrameListener);
	}
}
//
this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,enterFrameListener);

One interesting point to note is that this problem seen to only occur in the main swf and not other files loaded into the main swf.

If only MacDonald really serve food that’s close to what they advertise.

So, how do you clean it if its sealed in? Beside dissecting the rather expensive mighty mouse, there’s a very simple method which you can try.

Take a piece of plain paper and laid it on a flat surface. A lint-free cloth would serve the purpose just as well too. Turn your mouse upside and roll the mouse on its trackball in all directly gently. You would soon find mysterious tracks of dirt on the paper. These are all the built up dirt that prevent the scroll ball from performing properly. keep rolling your mouse for a couple of minutes and you should be able to bring your mighty mouse back to just how it is when you first bought it.