title: Is there a way to draw simple shapes with javascript in a browser without canvas?
body: <p>I am working on a C# chat client that needs to have a sending icon when a message is being sent.  The icon cannot be an image because of the nature of my program.  All messages are displayed in a web browser control that is constantly being modified.  Is there any way to draw a circle that could change color or size slightly without relying on html5/canvas, or something like flash/java.  I cannot guarantee that any of those frameworks will exist on the client computers. </p>