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From: thomas.tmc on 24 Feb 2010 00:32

This isn't an anti IE rant, quite the opposite. I'm a developer and these are my frustrations in
seeing how the applications and interfaces I write perform in the other two major browsers,
Firefox 3.6 and Chrome 4 as opposed to how they (sort of) perform in IE 8.

I'm not talking about incompatibility whatsoever. It's not like I'm complaining about the lack of
the ability to use the <video> tag or something. I'm talking purely about the perfomance and
response times of totally IE compatible javascript applications.

The performance difference between IE 8 and the other two major browsers, Firefox and Chrome,
is staggering. I find I'm writing applications now that I know just won't work in IE 8, not because of
a lack of support, or a need for browser specific code, but because IE 8 will just slow to a crawl
even though the other major browsers handle it with ease.

IE is still the most used browser, and I'd like to be able to make sites that I know can function on it as
well as any other browser. The other option is just to dumb down the applications and interfaces to be
able to work on IE, in essence moving backwards.

I'd like to see a much improved javascript engine in IE 9 and a much faster development cycle.






From: Alan Edwards on 24 Feb 2010 01:06
It is not an IE6 issue.
Please try the IE7/IE8 group, though you might wait for the IE9 beta
(if there is one) and air your grievances then as it is unlikely there
will be anyone from the development team present now.

The recommended newsgroup is microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In a proper newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

If you must use a web interface:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.com/index.htm

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:32:37 -0600, in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser, thomas.tmc
<thomas.tmc(a)none.com> wrote:

>
>This isn't an anti IE rant, quite the opposite. I'm a developer and these are my frustrations in
>seeing how the applications and interfaces I write perform in the other two major browsers,
>Firefox 3.6 and Chrome 4 as opposed to how they (sort of) perform in IE 8.
>
>I'm not talking about incompatibility whatsoever. It's not like I'm complaining about the lack of
>the ability to use the <video> tag or something. I'm talking purely about the perfomance and
>response times of totally IE compatible javascript applications.
>
>The performance difference between IE 8 and the other two major browsers, Firefox and Chrome,
>is staggering. I find I'm writing applications now that I know just won't work in IE 8, not because of
>a lack of support, or a need for browser specific code, but because IE 8 will just slow to a crawl
>even though the other major browsers handle it with ease.
>
>IE is still the most used browser, and I'd like to be able to make sites that I know can function on it as
>well as any other browser. The other option is just to dumb down the applications and interfaces to be
>able to work on IE, in essence moving backwards.
>
>I'd like to see a much improved javascript engine in IE 9 and a much faster development cycle.
>
>
>
>
>
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 24 Feb 2010 13:20
Those with IE7- and/or IE8-specific questions or comments can post to and
seek support in IE General newsgroup:
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

In your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general


thomas.tmc wrote:
> This isn't an anti IE rant, quite the opposite. I'm a developer and these
> are my frustrations in
> seeing how the applications and interfaces I write perform in the other
> two
> major browsers,
> Firefox 3.6 and Chrome 4 as opposed to how they (sort of) perform in IE 8.
>
> I'm not talking about incompatibility whatsoever. It's not like I'm
> complaining about the lack of
> the ability to use the <video> tag or something. I'm talking purely about
> the perfomance and
> response times of totally IE compatible javascript applications.
>
> The performance difference between IE 8 and the other two major browsers,
> Firefox and Chrome,
> is staggering. I find I'm writing applications now that I know just won't
> work in IE 8, not because of
> a lack of support, or a need for browser specific code, but because IE 8
> will just slow to a crawl
> even though the other major browsers handle it with ease.
>
> IE is still the most used browser, and I'd like to be able to make sites
> that I know can function on it as well as any other browser. The other
> option is just to dumb down the applications and interfaces to be able to
> work on IE, in essence moving backwards.
>
> I'd like to see a much improved javascript engine in IE 9 and a much
> faster
> development cycle.

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