Why are designers always complaining about IE and up to the point that they don't want to do CSS for it?<p>I understand that it is quite bad but in the end, it still has a strong user base.<p>A great web app should always look great beyond our personal preferences!
Because the costs are way out of proportion to accomodate that single piece of #%@$%#, besides how would you like it when almost finished with your work that some boss's interpretation of your work is way of bounce causing you to have to do the thing again for a large part within even less time. It will make you hostile, just like most of us web programmers are towards IE.
Oh yes, IE has nothing to do with personal preferences, they refuse to stick with international standards and till recent get away with that behaviour, they will not in the future and you will hear less bitching from us when that future becomes today.