diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7bb8156b8..57b8516d8 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ $Source$
     * lang/polish*: Updates, thanks to Jakub Wilk (ubanus)
     * fulltext.png, partialtext.png, pma_logo.png:
         - Ran PNGCRUSH on files to reduce size optimially.
+    * plus.gif, browse.gif, desc_order.gif, asc_order.gif, minus.gif,
+    vertical_line.gif, item_rtl.gif, item_ltr.gif:
+        - Old image files removed and replaced with PNG files (feature
+        #458895)
+    * plus.png, browse.png, desc_order.png, asc_order.png, minus.png,
+    vertical_line.png, item_rtl.png, item_ltr.png:
+        - New PNG image files (feature #458895)
+    * header.inc.php3, left.php3, main.php3, libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3:
+        - Code changes for PNG images (feature #458895)
 
 2003-01-21 Robin Johnson  <robbat2@users.sourceforge.net>
     * libraries/sqlparser.lib.php3: checkType function
diff --git a/header.inc.php3 b/header.inc.php3
index 836cb2a85..e4eb4222e 100755
--- a/header.inc.php3
+++ b/header.inc.php3
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ body {
     color: #000000;
 <?php
 if ($GLOBALS['cfg']['RightBgImage'] == '') {
-    echo '    background-image: url(\'./images/vertical_line.gif\');' . "\n"
+    echo '    background-image: url(\'./images/vertical_line.png\');' . "\n"
          . '    background-repeat: repeat-y;' . "\n";
 } else {
     echo '    background-image: url(\'' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['RightBgImage'] . '\');' . "\n";
diff --git a/left.php3 b/left.php3
index eabc4aac8..a6c7ea110 100755
--- a/left.php3
+++ b/left.php3
@@ -249,12 +249,12 @@ if ($num_dbs > 1) {
                 echo "\n";
                 ?>
         <nobr><a class="item" href="<?php echo $cfg['DefaultTabDatabase']; ?>?<?php echo $common_url_query; ?>" onclick="if (capable) {expandBase('el<?php echo $j; ?>', true); return false} else {return true}">
-            <img name="imEx" id="el<?php echo $j; ?>Img" src="images/plus.gif" border="0" width="9" height="9" alt="+" /></a>
+            <img name="imEx" id="el<?php echo $j; ?>Img" src="images/plus.png" border="0" width="9" height="9" alt="+" /></a>
                 <?php
             } else {
                 echo "\n";
                 ?>
-        <nobr><img name="imEx" src="images/minus.gif" border="0" width="9" height="9" alt="-" />
+        <nobr><img name="imEx" src="images/minus.png" border="0" width="9" height="9" alt="-" />
                 <?php
             }
             echo "\n";
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ if ($num_dbs > 1) {
                 ?>
         <nobr><img src="images/spacer.gif" border="0" width="9" height="9" alt="" />
         <a target="phpmain" href="sql.php3?<?php echo $common_url_query; ?>&amp;table=<?php echo urlencode($table); ?>&amp;sql_query=<?php echo urlencode('SELECT * FROM ' . PMA_backquote($table)); ?>&amp;pos=0&amp;goto=<?php echo $cfg['DefaultTabTable']; ?>" title="<?php echo $strBrowse . ': ' . htmlspecialchars($table); ?>">
-            <img src="images/browse.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="<?php echo $strBrowse . ': ' . htmlspecialchars($table); ?>" /></a><bdo dir="<?php echo $text_dir; ?>">&nbsp;</bdo>
+            <img src="images/browse.png" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="<?php echo $strBrowse . ': ' . htmlspecialchars($table); ?>" /></a><bdo dir="<?php echo $text_dir; ?>">&nbsp;</bdo>
         <a class="tblItem" id="tbl_<?php echo md5($table); ?>" title="<?php echo $url_title; ?>" target="phpmain" href="<?php echo $cfg['DefaultTabTable']; ?>?<?php echo $common_url_query; ?>&amp;table=<?php echo urlencode($table); ?>">
             <?php echo htmlspecialchars($table); ?></a></nobr><br />
                 <?php
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ if ($num_dbs > 1) {
                                 ? str_replace('"', '&quot;', $tooltip[$table])
                                 : '';
                     $table_list .= '    <nobr><a target="phpmain" href="sql.php3?' . $common_url_query . '&amp;table=' . urlencode($table) . '&amp;sql_query=' . urlencode('SELECT * FROM ' . PMA_backquote($table)) . '&amp;pos=0&amp;goto=' . $cfg['DefaultTabTable'] . '">' . "\n";
-                    $table_list .= '              <img src="images/browse.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="' . $strBrowse . ': ' . $table . '" title="' . $strBrowse . ': ' . htmlspecialchars($table) . '" /></a><bdo dir="' . $text_dir . '">&nbsp;</bdo>' . "\n";
+                    $table_list .= '              <img src="images/browse.png" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="' . $strBrowse . ': ' . $table . '" title="' . $strBrowse . ': ' . htmlspecialchars($table) . '" /></a><bdo dir="' . $text_dir . '">&nbsp;</bdo>' . "\n";
                     if (PMA_USR_BROWSER_AGENT == 'IE') {
                         $table_list .= '          <span class="tblItem"><a class="tblItem" id="tbl_' . md5($table) . '" title="' . $url_title . '" target="phpmain" href="' . $cfg['DefaultTabTable'] . '?' . $common_url_query . '&amp;table=' . urlencode($table) . '">' . htmlspecialchars($table) . '</a></span></nobr><br />' . "\n";
                     } else {
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ else if ($num_dbs == 1) {
         echo "\n";
         ?>
         <nobr><a target="phpmain" href="sql.php3?<?php echo $common_url_query; ?>&amp;table=<?php echo urlencode($table); ?>&amp;sql_query=<?php echo urlencode('SELECT * FROM ' . PMA_backquote($table)); ?>&amp;pos=0&amp;goto=<?php echo $cfg['DefaultTabTable']; ?>" title="<?php echo $strBrowse . ': ' . htmlspecialchars($table); ?>">
-                  <img src="images/browse.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="<?php echo $strBrowse . ': ' . htmlspecialchars($table); ?>" /></a><bdo dir="<?php echo $text_dir; ?>">&nbsp;</bdo>
+                  <img src="images/browse.png" width="8" height="8" border="0" alt="<?php echo $strBrowse . ': ' . htmlspecialchars($table); ?>" /></a><bdo dir="<?php echo $text_dir; ?>">&nbsp;</bdo>
               <a class="tblItem" id="tbl_<?php echo md5($table); ?>" title="<?php echo $url_title; ?>" target="phpmain" href="<?php echo $cfg['DefaultTabTable']; ?>?<?php echo $common_url_query; ?>&amp;table=<?php echo urlencode($table); ?>">
                   <?php echo htmlspecialchars($table); ?></a></nobr><br />
         <?php
diff --git a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3 b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
index 02663e135..b96e18fe5 100644
--- a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
@@ -595,11 +595,11 @@ if (!defined('PMA_DISPLAY_TBL_LIB_INCLUDED')) {
                 }
                 else if (eregi('[[:space:]]ASC$', $sql_order)) {
                     $sort_order .= ' DESC';
-                    $order_img   = '&nbsp;<img src="./images/asc_order.gif" border="0" width="7" height="7" alt="'. $GLOBALS['strAscending'] . '" title="'. $GLOBALS['strAscending'] . '" />';
+                    $order_img   = '&nbsp;<img src="./images/asc_order.png" border="0" width="7" height="7" alt="'. $GLOBALS['strAscending'] . '" title="'. $GLOBALS['strAscending'] . '" />';
                 }
                 else if (eregi('[[:space:]]DESC$', $sql_order)) {
                     $sort_order .= ' ASC';
-                    $order_img   = '&nbsp;<img src="./images/desc_order.gif" border="0" width="7" height="7" alt="'. $GLOBALS['strDescending'] . '" title="'. $GLOBALS['strDescending'] . '" />';
+                    $order_img   = '&nbsp;<img src="./images/desc_order.png" border="0" width="7" height="7" alt="'. $GLOBALS['strDescending'] . '" title="'. $GLOBALS['strDescending'] . '" />';
                 }
                 if (eregi('(.*)([[:space:]](LIMIT (.*)|PROCEDURE (.*)|FOR UPDATE|LOCK IN SHARE MODE))', $unsorted_sql_query, $regs3)) {
                     $sorted_sql_query = $regs3[1] . $sort_order . $regs3[2];
diff --git a/main.php3 b/main.php3
index 014d10a0b..6924e5e51 100755
--- a/main.php3
+++ b/main.php3
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if (!isset($pma_uri_parts)) {
 }
 setcookie('lang', $lang, time() + 60*60*24*30, $cookie_path, '', $is_https);
 // Defines the "item" image depending on text direction
-$item_img = 'images/item_' . $text_dir . '.gif';
+$item_img = 'images/item_' . $text_dir . '.png';
 // Handles some variables that may have been sent by the calling script
 if (isset($db)) {
     unset($db);