diff --git a/wp-admin/categories.php b/wp-admin/categories.php
index e51ad22127..945da0c63d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/categories.php
@@ -161,11 +161,10 @@ cat_rows();
 </table>
 </form>
 
-<br class="clear" />
-
 <div class="tablenav">
 <br class="clear" />
 </div>
+<br class="clear" />
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/global.css b/wp-admin/css/global.css
index 11a53f43b8..8bfecdfa66 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/global.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/global.css
@@ -56,35 +56,50 @@ textarea, input, select {
 	border-collapse: collapse;
 	width: 100%;
 	clear: both;
+	margin: 0;
 }
 
 .widefat a {
 	text-decoration: none;
 }
 
+.widefat abbr {
+	white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
 .widefat td, .widefat th {
 	border-bottom-width: 1px;
 	border-bottom-style: solid;
 	border-bottom-color: #ccc;
 	font-size: 11px;
-	padding: 10px 10px 14px;
+	padding: 7px 25px 6px 2px;
 	vertical-align: text-top;
 }
 
 .widefat th {
-	padding-bottom: 7px;
-	padding-top: 8px;
+	padding: 9px 25px 4px 2px;
 	text-align: left;
+	line-height: 1.3em;
+}
+
+.widefat th input {
+	margin: 0 3px;
+	padding: 0;
 }
 
 .widefat .check-column {
 	text-align: center;
-	vertical-align: text-top;
-	width: 3%;
+	width: 1.8em;
+	padding: 9px 2px 6px 6px;
+}
+
+.widefat tbody th.check-column {
+	padding-bottom: 20px;
 }
 
 .widefat .num {
 	text-align: center;
+	padding: 10px 16px 0;
 }
 
 .wrap, .updated, .error {
@@ -98,11 +113,15 @@ textarea, input, select {
 .updated, .error {
 	border-width: 1px;
 	border-style: solid;
-	padding: 0 15px;
+	padding: 0 0.6em;
 	max-width: 950px;
 	margin-bottom: 1em;
 }
 
+.updated p, .error p {
+	margin: 0.6em 0;
+}
+
 .wrap .updated, .wrap .error {
 	margin: auto 0 0;
 }
@@ -128,4 +147,4 @@ textarea, input, select {
 
 #timestampdiv {
 	display: none;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/ie.css b/wp-admin/css/ie.css
index 968dd3cc94..b74cf77361 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/ie.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/ie.css
@@ -54,10 +54,90 @@ form#template div {
 
 #ed_toolbar input {
 	overflow: visible;
-	padding: 1px 5px;
+	padding: 0 4px;
+}
+
+#poststuff h2 {
+	font-size: 1.6em;
+}
+
+* html #poststuff h2 {
+	margin-left: 0;
+}
+
+#bh {
+	padding-right: 15px;
 }
 
 /* without this dashboard widgets appear in one column for some screen widths */
 div#dashboard-widgets {
 	padding-right: 1px;
 }
+
+#tagchecklist {
+	display: block;
+	zoom: 100%;
+}
+
+#tagchecklist span, #tagchecklist span a {
+	display: inline-block;
+	display: block;
+}
+
+#tagchecklist span a {
+	margin: 4px 0 0 -9px;
+}
+
+#poststuff .togbox {
+	margin-left: -19px;
+}
+
+* html .tablenav {
+
+}
+
+.tablenav .button-secondary {
+	padding: 0 1px;
+	vertical-align: middle;
+}
+
+.tablenav select {
+	font-size: 13px;
+	display: inline-block;
+	vertical-align: top;
+	margin-top: 2px;
+}
+
+.tablenav-pages .page-numbers {
+	display: inline-block;
+}
+
+.tablenav-pages {
+	display: block;
+	margin-top: -3px;
+
+}
+
+#post-search .button, #widget-search .button {
+	padding: 1px;
+}
+
+.widefat tr, .widefat th {
+	padding: 13px 25px 0 2px;
+	margin-bottom: 0;
+	border-spacing: 0;
+}
+
+.widefat thead th.check-column {
+	padding: 9px 2px 4px 3px;
+}
+
+.widefat tbody th.check-column {
+	padding: 4px 3px 22px 3px;
+	text-align:center;
+	width:1.8em;
+}
+
+.widefat th.num {
+	padding: 14px 16px 0;
+}
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index 0bf2459df8..dd65eaecf5 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ endif; ?>
 <h3><?php _e('Tags'); ?></h3>
 <div class="inside">
 <p id="jaxtag"><input type="text" name="tags_input" class="tags-input" id="tags-input" size="40" tabindex="3" value="<?php echo get_tags_to_edit( $post_ID ); ?>" /></p>
-<p id="tagchecklist"></p>
+<div id="tagchecklist"></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php b/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
index b2050cf445..1130dbdfc9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ if ( $categories ) {
 </table>
 </form>
 
-<br class="clear" />
-
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <?php
@@ -134,6 +132,7 @@ if ( $page_links )
 ?>
 <br class="clear" />
 </div>
+<br class="clear" />
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
index bbf1089585..f2b3b49f48 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
@@ -173,8 +173,6 @@ $count = tag_rows( $pagenum, $tagsperpage, $searchterms );
 </table>
 </form>
 
-<br class="clear" />
-
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <?php
@@ -183,6 +181,7 @@ if ( $page_links )
 ?>
 <br class="clear" />
 </div>
+<br class="clear" />
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index 967c9da433..8c5d345ce5 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -191,9 +191,12 @@ foreach ($arc_result as $arc_row) {
 if ( $page_links )
 	echo "<div class='tablenav-pages'>$page_links</div>";
 ?>
+
 <br class="clear" />
 </div>
 
+<br class="clear" />
+
 <?php
 
 if ( 1 == count($posts) && is_singular() ) :
diff --git a/wp-admin/images/bubble_bg.gif b/wp-admin/images/bubble_bg.gif
index c6f395ab8a..315ab527fa 100644
Binary files a/wp-admin/images/bubble_bg.gif and b/wp-admin/images/bubble_bg.gif differ
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/template.php b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index 707a133590..084e2c79aa 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ function parent_dropdown( $default = 0, $parent = 0, $level = 0 ) {
 function browse_happy() {
 	$getit = __( 'WordPress recommends a better browser' );
 	echo '
-		<p id="bh" class="alignright"><a href="http://browsehappy.com/" title="'.$getit.'"><img src="images/browse-happy.gif" alt="Browse Happy" /></a></p>
+		<span id="bh" class="alignright"><a href="http://browsehappy.com/" title="'.$getit.'"><img src="images/browse-happy.gif" alt="Browse Happy" /></a></span>
 		';
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/upload.php b/wp-admin/upload.php
index 1815bb9280..87b84bfdc5 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upload.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upload.php
@@ -190,9 +190,11 @@ foreach ($arc_result as $arc_row) {
 if ( $page_links )
 	echo "<div class='tablenav-pages'>$page_links</div>";
 ?>
-<br class="clear" />
+
 </div>
 
+<br class="clear" />
+
 <?php
  
 if ( 1 == count($posts) && is_singular() ) :
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 38dc07f45f..9b6a2e481b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ form#upload #post_content {
 }
 
 .side-info h5 {
-	padding-bottom: 8px;
+	padding-bottom: 7px;
 	font-size: 14px;
-	margin-bottom: 6px;
+	margin: 12px 2px 5px;
 	border-bottom-width: 1px;
 	border-bottom-style: solid;
 }
@@ -153,8 +153,9 @@ form#upload #post_content {
 
 .submit input, .button, .button-secondary, .button-highlighted {
 	font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
-	padding: 4px 6px;
+	padding: 3px 5px;
 	font-size: 12px;
+	line-height: 1.5em;
 	border-width: 1px;
 	border-style: solid;
 	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
@@ -260,13 +261,14 @@ textarea.all-options, input.all-options {
 }
 
 #quicktags #ed_toolbar {
-	padding: 1px 3px;
+	padding: 2px 4px;
 }
 
 #ed_toolbar input {
 	margin: 3px 2px 2px;
 	padding: 2px 4px;
 	line-height: 18px;
+	display: inline-block;
 }
 
 #quicktags #ed_strong {
@@ -466,6 +468,19 @@ p.pagenav {
 	margin-left: 5px;
 }
 
+.tablenav select {
+	padding: 2px;
+	display: inline-block;
+	line-height: 2;
+	height: 2em;
+
+}
+
+.tablenav option {
+	margin: 3px;
+	display: inline-block;
+}
+
 .tablenav a.button-secondary {
 	display: inline-block;
 	margin-right: 8px;
@@ -473,6 +488,7 @@ p.pagenav {
 
 .tablenav .button-secondary {
 	padding: 2px 4px;
+
 }
 
 .tablenav .tablenav-pages a.next, .tablenav .tablenav-pages a.prev {
@@ -480,7 +496,8 @@ p.pagenav {
 }
 
 .tablenav {
-	padding: 10px 10px 8px;
+	height: 2em;
+	padding: 7px 10px;
 	clear: both;
 	margin-bottom: -10px;
 	margin-top: 8px;
@@ -488,8 +505,8 @@ p.pagenav {
 
 .tablenav .tablenav-pages {
 	float: right;
-	height: 20px;
-	padding-top: 4px;
+	height: 18px;
+	padding-top: 6px;
 	font-size: 11px;
 }
 
@@ -499,6 +516,7 @@ p.pagenav {
 
 td.media-icon {
 	vertical-align: middle;
+	text-align: center;
 }
 
 td.media-icon img {
@@ -700,20 +718,21 @@ a.view-comment-post-link {
 
 .post-com-count {
 	height: 1.3em;
+	line-height: 1.1em;
 	display: block;
 	text-decoration: none;
-	overflow: hidden;
-	padding: 0 0 5px;
+	padding: 0 0 6px;
 	cursor: pointer;
-	background-position: center -81px;
+	background-position: center -80px;
 	background-repeat: no-repeat;
 }
 
 .post-com-count span {
 	height: 1.3em;
-	line-height: 1.3em;
+	line-height: 1.2em;
 	padding: 0 0.5em;
 	background-color: #bbb;
+	display: inline-block;
 	cursor: pointer;
 	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
 	-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
@@ -876,21 +895,35 @@ html, body {
 
 /* Post Screen */
 
+#tagsdiv #newtag {
+	margin-right: 5px;
+	width: 16em;
+}
+
 #tagchecklist {
-	margin-left: 5px;
-	padding-bottom: 20px;
+	margin-left: 10px;
+
 	font-size: 12px;
+	overflow: auto;
+}
+
+#tagchecklist strong {
+	margin-left: -8px;
+	position: absolute;
 }
 
 #tagchecklist span {
-	margin-right: 15px;
+	margin-right: 25px;
 	display: block;
 	float: left;
 	font-size: 11px;
+	line-height: 1.8em;
+	white-space: nowrap;
+	cursor: default;
 }
 
 #tagchecklist span a {
-	margin-top: 5px;
+	margin: 6px 0pt 0pt -9px;
 	cursor: pointer;
 	width: 10px;
 	height: 10px;
@@ -898,6 +931,7 @@ html, body {
 	float: left;
 	text-indent: -9999px;
 	overflow: hidden;
+	position: absolute;
 }
 
 .howto {
@@ -932,20 +966,22 @@ html, body {
 
 #poststuff h2 {
 	margin-top: 20px;
-	margin-bottom: 20px;
+	font-size: 1.5em;
+	margin-bottom: 15px;
+	padding: 0 0 3px;
 }
 
 #poststuff h3 {
 	font-size: 14px;
 	font-weight: bold;
-	padding: 9px 5px;
+	padding: 7px;
 	margin: 0 0 10px;
 }
 
 #poststuff .postbox, #poststuff .stuffbox {
 	margin-left: 20px;
 	padding: 2px;
-	margin-bottom: 10px;
+	margin-bottom: 20px;
 	margin-right: 8px;
 	border-width: 1px;
 	border-style: solid;
@@ -953,7 +989,7 @@ html, body {
 
 #titlediv, #poststuff .postarea {
 	margin-left: 20px;
-	margin-bottom: 10px;
+	margin-bottom: 20px;
 	margin-right: 8px;
 }
 
@@ -980,7 +1016,7 @@ html, body {
 }
 
 #poststuff .inside {
-	margin: 0 12px 15px;
+	margin: 0 12px 12px;
 	font-size: 11px;
 }
 
@@ -1014,14 +1050,14 @@ html, body {
 #poststuff #editor-toolbar {
 	position: relative;
 	height: 30px;
-	margin-top: -40px;
+	margin-top: -41px;
 }
 
 #poststuff #edButtonPreview, #poststuff #edButtonHTML {
 	display: block;
 	height: 20px;
-	padding: 5px 5px 3px;
-	margin: 2px 8px 0 0;
+	padding: 5px 5px 1px;
+	margin: 5px 8px 0 0;
 	float: right;
 	cursor: pointer;
 }
@@ -1041,9 +1077,9 @@ html, body {
 #poststuff #media-buttons {
 	float: right;
 	margin-right: 20px;
-	margin-top: 6px;
+	margin-top: 8px;
 	cursor: default;
-	line-height: 1.1em;
+	line-height: 1;
 	height: 1.1em;
 }
 
@@ -1057,16 +1093,16 @@ html, body {
 }
 
 #poststuff .togbox {
-	background-position:-10px 16px;
-	background-repeat:no-repeat;
-	display:block;
-	height:39px;
-	margin-left:-19px;
-	margin-top:-11px;
-	overflow:hidden;
-	position:absolute;
-	text-indent:-9999px;
-	width:12px;
+	background-position: -10px 16px;
+	background-repeat: no-repeat;
+	display: block;
+	height: 37px;
+	margin-left: -21px;
+	margin-top: -10px;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	position: absolute;
+	text-indent: -9999px;
+	width: 12px;
 	-moz-border-radius-topleft: 3px;
 	-khtml-border-top-left-radius: 3px;
 	-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 3px;
@@ -1086,7 +1122,7 @@ html, body {
 }
 
 #poststuff .closed .togbox {
-	background-position: 4px 16px;
+	background-position: 4px 15px;
 }
 
 .submitbox {
@@ -1199,9 +1235,9 @@ ul#category-tabs li.ui-tabs-selected a {
 }
 
 div.ui-tabs-panel {
-	margin: 0 0 0 120px;
+	margin: 0 5px 0 120px;
 	padding: .5em .9em;
-	height: 12em;
+	height: 10em;
 	overflow: auto;
 	border-width: 4px;
 	border-style: solid;
@@ -1275,7 +1311,7 @@ p#post-search {
 }
 
 #post-search .button, #widget-search .button {
-	padding: 4px;
+	padding: 3px;
 	font-size: 13px;
 }
 
@@ -1414,4 +1450,4 @@ ul.view-switch li.current {
 
 td.action-links, th.action-links {
 	text-align: right;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}