> Do you have some pointers for standards compliant (or at least relatively compliant) CSS and HTML for rounded corners, gradients and drop shadows in IE 7 and

> Do you have some pointers for standards compliant (or at least relatively compliant) CSS and HTML for rounded corners, gradients and drop shadows in IE 7 and 8 that don't require using DXImageTransform? You clearly know that there are no such pointers, and I am pretty sure you understood perfectly well what I meant in general. I do not care if it is beautiful HTML/CSS that makes a web designer shine with a glow of harmony with standards. What I care about is for IE visitors to see rounded corners. There are ways to execute them, none of which is too complicated, most are butt ugly in terms of involved markup, but they work. That's all that matters. > IE users are used to a crappy web experience, I'm stuck on IE 7 all day at my day job and a very large number of sites simple don't work. This is irrelevant. There is me, a guy with a product, and there is my audience. Why the heck would I want to be like other poor sobs that cannot make a website look decent in IE? What sort of backward justification is that? Especially if I am seeing a good chunk of my visitors using IE. > short of rebuilding the entire site with dozens of little images You do what you gotta to do if you happen to value your IE visitors' experience. What are several dozens little images compared to stunned visitors' jaws dropping on the floor and their hands reaching for the wallets? :) > we'd treat the same problem with a traditional desktop graphics app -- Level Of Detail. Do name a couple of such apps. Short of games I cannot think of any. > Our philosophy is to spend our dev cycles making good software rather than trying to coax a black and white tv to show color. Sure thing, it's your decision, but as they say - first impression lasts and presentation matters.