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I was surprised to see an article by Scott in beta news website, where he mentions that the Security fixes, and JavaScript update will bog down IE8. He mentions in the article that they have noticed a trend of IE8 performance dragging down over time, while every other major Windows browser in the field was headed the other direction — and fast. Early this month, when Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 appeared imminent (and still is at this moment), we calculated the performance difference between IE8 and IE7 at about 75%.

However, after installing the security fixes that was released in the month of October, and the update for Microsoft’s JavaScript (JScript) engine, the performance has averaged down to 54%.

I hope Microsoft will further look in at these issues and present a browser which will compete with other browsers.

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Here is an article that helps you to boost up the performance of Internet Explorer.

3 Tips to Increase the Performance of IE8

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If you are experiencing performance issues with Internet Explorer 8, after upgrading from a previous version, you may try the below 3 tips that help to boost the performance up to 10 times. However, IETips.net recommends to read/review the entire article before installing any third party software.

Tip # 1 - Re-registering the ActiveX COM interfaces:

Here are some of the tips that may help you to speed up your Internet Explorer 8 (These tips also work on IE 7)

Speeding up with a simple Tweak. Our article on speeding up Internet Explorer has already helped many IE users. You may visit the link below and perform the steps recommended:

Speed up Internet Explorer 8

Tip # 2 - Re-registering the Internet Explorer files:

There are lot of DLL files, and OCX files that should be re-registered to resolve certain issues. As it is a time consuming process of doing it manually, I recommend using the Fix IE utility that was launched by IETips.net along with TWC. You may use the link below to learn more about it and download the FiX IE utlity.

Fix IE Tool

Tip # 3 - Installing Google Chrome plug-in:

Microsoft does not recommend that Internet Explorer users install Google Chrome Frame, in order to avoid having more security issues. So, judge yourself before installing the Google Chrome.

However, most of the reviews says that the Google Chrome plug-in has boosted the performance up to 10 times and do not report any security issues.

You may download the Chrome plugin and install from the following link:

Google Chrome Plug-in Download

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According to Computerworld, it has been identified that Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) was 9.6 times faster than IE8 on its own. This was identified in some of the tests done. An article from TechWorld site says that it was tested completely on IE6, IE7, and IE8 versions.

I’ve installed it in my Laptop and find a considerable increase in the performance and speed.
Google Chrome Frame lets IE utilise the Chrome browser’s WebKit rendering engine, as well as its high-performance V8 JavaScript engine. This will improve the performance of IE 8.

The Chrome Frame plug-in was tested on IE6, IE7 and IE8 and for Windows XP/Vista OS.

You may download it from this LINK.

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