Ability to fade to transparency in a gradient

This is actually 1 of 2 long-overdue features that would be knocked out with only one addition: the ability to define colors in RGBA or ARGB format.
The other problem that this would fix is that if you want a polygon with a 10% white fill and a 100% white border, you would no longer need to create two separate shapes -- one for the line and one for the fill (setting the transparency level for each object separately); instead, you would have just one polygon with a 255/255/255/25.5 fill color and a 255/255/255/255 stroke color.
The problem is how alpha is specified in Illustrator. It applies to the entire object, when it should apply to the individual colors themselves.

> "Transparency can be applied indpendently to strokes and fills of the same path"
> Do I need CS4 for this?
No.
Create a single path. Give it a fill and a thick stroke of another color. In the Appearance Palette, select the Stroke. In the Transparency Palette, reduce its opacity.
Then take a day off to recuperate from all the tedious palette-hopping.
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