I ventured into feature detection, and I want to make sure I'm doing this the "right" way. Basically the fx on the jQuery UI tabs causes aliasing in IE 6/7 (but not 8). Instead of checking for those browsers the old way I thought this is the right way.
if (!$.support.opacity) { $(".ui-tabs > ul").tabs(); } else { $(".ui-tabs > ul").tabs({ fx : { height: 'toggle', opacity: 'toggle' } }); }