For the first time in a while, I am posting a positive post regarding Microsoft.
Please read: Internet Explorer improvements come to light.

For the first time, my impression of Microsoft’s plans for the IE 7 update is promising. In the past, Microsoft promised increased but incomplete support for CSS (including CSS2). Whereas this is a good thing, such a promise left unclarified promises nothing but necessary changes in code to reinstate compatibility with IE in our websites.

But a recent comment on IEBlog by Chris Wilson added: “Our first and most important goal with our Cascading Style Sheet support is to remove the major inconsistencies so that Web developers have a consistent set of functionality on which they can rely.”

If this is what they mean when they promise increased but incomplete support for CSS, then I am completely fine with that! My concern is Microsoft fostering an atmosphere where developers constantly have to baby their sites to maintain compatibility with IE. However, if IE were to work similarly to all other browsers, then this concern vanishes–for the moment.

Granted, such a promise is only genuine if a stream of updates is promised to maintain compatibility. In other words, another long hiatus from IE updates would leave us in a state no better than we are at present.

What Microsoft will do remains to be seen.