IE Actually Helped?

I was almost amazed at Internet Explorer (PC) yesterday. A new design looked great in everything except IE and I had to do some extra investigating. Well IE pointed out a few issues, like the columns were not adding up to the correct amount. So I fix them thinking this was a big help and that IE was finally doing something right! Well, as it turns out, that made things worse. Not only did it make things look bad in IE but it also made them look incorrect in Firefox and Safari. CSS and Internet Explorer just don’t go together well. I’m trying to do a three column design and sooner or later I feel I’ll have to revert to tables just to make it look good in IE. I really wish Microsoft would bring their technology up to par. Is that so much to ask?