Easiest css for Facebook style “red” notifications

Question

I need a facebook style notification, but getting something that looks nice cross browser seems tricky. For example, different browsers seem to treat paddings differently,

Answer 1

Probably absolute positioning:

 
 
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Something like that. Obviously you would want to change the specifics and probably use background images. The point is to emphasis the absolute positioning which it really consistent across browsers, at least in my experiences.