However, in my experience you would be better off designing for this issue from the outset and avoiding the use of these libraries if you care about your layout

However, in my experience you would be better off designing for this issue from the outset and avoiding the use of these libraries if you care about your layouts looking good in IE6. Strongly disagree. "Designing from the outset to avoid these libraries" means avoiding alpha-channel transparency altogether. That's a ridiculous design limitation just to satisfy IE6 users who also have JS turned off. > "Fixed" <IMG/> elements must take on visibility:hidden;, and thus become unclickable. I see no workaround other than using clear pixel GIF replacements, and that is code that I am not going to write. There go your buttons. This is easily worked around by using <a>'s or <button>'s with background images.