In "performance," they say, "hey, let's call it a tie!" Actual timed measurements of Javascript performance show that IE8 is WAY slower than the competition. P

In "performance," they say, "hey, let's call it a tie!" Actual timed measurements of Javascript performance show that IE8 is WAY slower than the competition. Plus neither of the links you posted tested Firefox 3.5 which has improved javascript performance which implies IE8 slips further behind.