The problem was not IE winning, the problem was it sleeping on the laurels after that. So when demands for what could be done on the web, for standards complian

The problem was not IE winning, the problem was it sleeping on the laurels after that. So when demands for what could be done on the web, for standards compliance increased IE become troublesome. If there is a winning browser but it is still constantly developed and improved that would be less of a problem (though still not desirable).