(function(_global) {
  var apng_test = new Image(),
  ctx = document.createElement("canvas").getContext("2d");
  apng_test.src = "apng-test.png"; // a data URI will cause a security error so you _have_ to link to an external resource
  // frame 1 (skipped on apng-supporting browsers): 0,0,0,255
  // frame 2: 0,0,0,0
  apng_test.onload = function() {
    ctx.drawImage(apng_test, 0, 0);
    _global.apng_supported = ( ctx.getImageData(0, 0, 1, 1).data[3] == 0 );
  }
})(this);