What’s with Internet Explorer?

Any good Web designer will test with multiple browsers before deploying.  I started putting together a very simple web page and began testing as I went.  I am shocked at how badly Microsoft Internet Explorer fails to interpret rudimentary standard XHTML and CSS.  Maybe you don’t hear a hue and cry because people make a great living customizing Web sites so they comply with the non-standard way Internet Explorer works.  Safari, Firefox, and Google Chrome seem to be able to interpret things in a common way and actually function according to the W3 descriptions of what to expect.  I will admit that Opera screwed up one horizontal line (<hr> tag), so I left it out of the following visual comparison:

Browser Comparison

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