title: IE8 ignores "filter" CSS styles
body: <p>I have a page which uses the <code>AlphaImageLoader</code> CSS filter for IE8 like so:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='/images/thing.png', sizingMethod='scale');</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>In my test IE8 (Windows XP, factory settings), everything is fine. The client however received a screenshot from someone claiming to be also using IE8 which looks like the browser completely ignores the <code>filter</code> directive. All other styles in the IE-specific stylesheet loaded via conditional comments appear to be working. Is there any setting in IE or in Windows which would be causing this?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks, Simon</p>