diff --git a/bootstrap-1.0.0.css b/bootstrap-1.0.0.css
index c7f927cac74830fbd8ea7b304dbedc32fe502e24..d441d20b198ea8ad9365020265bbf88d5e2686ad 100644
--- a/bootstrap-1.0.0.css
+++ b/bootstrap-1.0.0.css
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Designed and built with all the love in the world @twitter by @mdo and @fat.
- * Date: Sun Aug 21 22:13:24 PDT 2011
+ * Date: Sun Aug 21 22:26:51 PDT 2011
  */
 /* Reset.less
  * Props to Eric Meyer (meyerweb.com) for his CSS reset file. We're using an adapted version here	that cuts out some of the reset HTML elements we will never need here (i.e., dfn, samp, etc).
@@ -1313,6 +1313,9 @@ table .headerSortUp.purple, table .headerSortDown.purple {
 .topbar ul li.menu.open a.menu, .topbar ul li.menu.open a:hover {
   background-color: #444;
   background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
+  *background-color: #444;
+  /* IE6-7 */
+
   color: #fff;
 }
 .topbar ul li.menu.open ul {
@@ -1324,6 +1327,9 @@ table .headerSortUp.purple, table .headerSortDown.purple {
 }
 .topbar ul li.menu.open ul li a:hover {
   background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
+  *background-color: #444;
+  /* IE6-7 */
+
   color: #fff;
 }
 .topbar ul li.menu.open ul li.active a {
diff --git a/bootstrap-1.0.0.min.css b/bootstrap-1.0.0.min.css
index 4f340dd8cd33216e05e45086167f904268d0b675..17230000264f52d86a61c2972d3dc52e4c4836b1 100644
--- a/bootstrap-1.0.0.min.css
+++ b/bootstrap-1.0.0.min.css
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ table .headerSortUp.purple,table .headerSortDown.purple{background-color:#e2d5f0
 .topbar ul.primary-nav li ul{left:0;}
 .topbar ul.secondary-nav li ul{right:0;}
 .topbar ul li.menu{position:relative;}.topbar ul li.menu a.menu:after{width:0px;height:0px;display:inline-block;content:"↓";text-indent:-99999px;vertical-align:top;margin-top:8px;margin-left:4px;border-left:4px solid transparent;border-right:4px solid transparent;border-top:4px solid #fff;filter:alpha(opacity=50);-khtml-opacity:0.5;-moz-opacity:0.5;opacity:0.5;}
-.topbar ul li.menu.open a.menu,.topbar ul li.menu.open a:hover{background-color:#444;background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);color:#fff;}
-.topbar ul li.menu.open ul{display:block;}.topbar ul li.menu.open ul li a{background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;}.topbar ul li.menu.open ul li a:hover{background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);color:#fff;}
+.topbar ul li.menu.open a.menu,.topbar ul li.menu.open a:hover{background-color:#444;background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);*background-color:#444;color:#fff;}
+.topbar ul li.menu.open ul{display:block;}.topbar ul li.menu.open ul li a{background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;}.topbar ul li.menu.open ul li a:hover{background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);*background-color:#444;color:#fff;}
 .topbar ul li.menu.open ul li.active a{background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);font-weight:bold;}
 .topbar ul li ul{background-color:#333;float:left;display:none;position:absolute;top:40px;min-width:160px;max-width:220px;_width:160px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;padding:0;text-align:left;border:0;zoom:1;-webkit-border-radius:0 0 5px 5px;-moz-border-radius:0 0 5px 5px;border-radius:0 0 5px 5px;-webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);-moz-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);}.topbar ul li ul li{float:none;clear:both;display:block;background:none;font-size:12px;}.topbar ul li ul li a{display:block;padding:6px 15px;clear:both;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;color:#bbb;}.topbar ul li ul li a:hover{background-color:#333;background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);color:#fff;}
 .topbar ul li ul li.divider{height:1px;overflow:hidden;background:#222;background:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);margin:5px 0;}
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index addd097d470670dbae3b659e2e58b02658876c89..dd2d7416c4b277ab1cf281c678ce8b06bb114a10 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@
           </tr>
         </tbody>
       </table>
+      <p><strong>Note:</strong> Zebra-striping is a progressive enhancement not available for older browsers like IE8 and below.</p>
 <pre class="prettyprint linenums">
 &lt;table class="common-table zebra-striped"&gt;
 ...
diff --git a/lib/patterns.less b/lib/patterns.less
index 7a53bd21830cb454b38890cf4a0d075a1ee2a016..6f561a84427f83e8fae14a3b12d41174f641cfff 100644
--- a/lib/patterns.less
+++ b/lib/patterns.less
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
         a:hover {
           background-color: #444;
           background-color: rgba(255,255,255,.1);
+          *background-color: #444; /* IE6-7 */
           color: #fff;
         }
         ul {
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@
               font-weight: normal;
               &:hover {
                 background-color: rgba(255,255,255,.1);
+                *background-color: #444; /* IE6-7 */
                 color: #fff;
               }
             }