CSS3 Gradients Rule!

gistfile1.css

.button-gray { display:inline-block; font-size:13px; height:17px; line-height:17px; padding:0 5px; text-transform:uppercase;
background:#7d8085; /* Old browsers */
/* IE9 SVG, needs conditional override of 'filter' to 'none' */
background:url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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);
background:-moz-linear-gradient(top,  #7d8085 0%, #37363a 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background:-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#7d8085), color-stop(100%,#37363a)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background:-webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #7d8085 0%,#37363a 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background:-o-linear-gradient(top,  #7d8085 0%,#37363a 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background:-ms-linear-gradient(top,  #7d8085 0%,#37363a 100%); /* IE10+ */
background:linear-gradient(top,  #7d8085 0%,#37363a 100%); /* W3C */
filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#7d8085', endColorstr='#37363a',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-8 */
}