Walker wrote:
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> To see an example, browse to the following URL with IE6 (obviously) and
> expand the "10 Tags" link:
> <http://arty.me.uk/2006/01/04/announcing-avantist/>

In case anybody is clicking and getting confused, this page will no
longer exhibit the problem because I got a fix via somebody in
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets.

Google Groups link: <http://makeashorterlink.com/?P2AD45B6C>

I still don't know whether the original problem was an IE6 bug...so
it'll be interesting to see how IE7 deals with Span background-images.
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Walker
arty.me.uk