[djg38]

No browser is standards compliant. That's impossible; the "standards", at least pre-HTML5, contain ambiguities and self-conflicts. It's all a matter of degree. And I can't agree with your assessment, Microsoft has shown interest in improving their standards support repeatedly. Each browser was closer to the mark than the last.

[tomelders]

But still miles behind the competition. Their improvements have been tiny and often incomplete. The discrepancies are far too great to be passed off as "we just need a little time to catch up". Microsoft aren't a bit player here. I'll judge them by the same standards I judge myself or anybody else; IE is a sad excuse for a browser, and IE9 will be just as bad as the rest.