Use MS own fullblownshadowing engine to create dropshadows, looks better now.

Maybe directions and thickness need finetuning.

diff --git a/webcit/static/styles/ie_lte8.css b/webcit/static/styles/ie_lte8.css
index 2591eaeabb35cd215b941bec6573a5338bec4bdd..d0cb66ba3049896c1c8b4f6527758cd2f991d7b0 100644 (file)
--- a/webcit/static/styles/ie_lte8.css
+++ b/webcit/static/styles/ie_lte8.css
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-.message {
-        border: 1px inset #666;
-        border-width: 1px 2px 3px 1px; 
-}
+.message, .boxcontent {
+       zoom: 1;
+       filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color='#666666', Direction=0, Strength=1)
+       progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color='#666666', Direction=45, Strength=1)
+       progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color='#666666', Direction=90, Strength=2)
+       progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color='#666666', Direction=135, Strength=2)
+       progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color='#666666', Direction=180, Strength=3)
+       progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color='#666666', Direction=225, Strength=3)
+       progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color='#666666', Direction=260, Strength=2)
+       progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color='#666666', Direction=305, Strength=2);
 
-.boxcontent {
-        border: 2px inset #5C646B;
-        border-width: 0 2px 3px 0; 
 }