IE fade: crucify me if you want

IE fade: crucify me if you want

I know I know....
yes I have searched every forum known to mankind and tried every suggestion!

Setting the background colour really works: except it makes for very limited use (I very rarely have a png with transparency sitting on a flat colour background).

Before I give up and just try to pretend that fading doesn't exist I thought I should ask:

I am right in thinking that there is no way to fix the IE  bug with fade on transparent png images?