MinionMan

Thought: Can you just do multiple background-gradients on the element in question? Render a gradient from [starting color] to [transparent] from each side depending on the shadow values. You should...

Hmmm square peg, round hole. I see the issue there... What about (as terrible as it seems) offset elements of descending opacity with a colored border and transparent background? Not...

@lojjic, you mention in the radial gradients: "VML's "radial" gradients are actually square (they extend evenly from the edges of the shape's rectangle to the center). " Could this gradient...

Quite the conundrum... I'll keep thinking on it. While it would be neat to have either option, the combination of both is definitely the most common call. Perhaps a stroke...

I'll second a -pie-border-color property. Definitely added value with this one!