IE8 is a fair browser in all areas to me except in (a) performance, and (b) extensibility. There is no way IE8 is as fast as Firefox, Safari, or Chrome. Let's i

IE8 is a fair browser in all areas to me except in (a) performance, and (b) extensibility. There is no way IE8 is as fast as Firefox, Safari, or Chrome. Let's ignore page load speeds and focus on application loading: IE8 takes much longer to load and it takes sometimes up to 2 seconds to open a new tab. #### off, MSFT.