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Complaint #1: its is a possessive; it's is a contraction for it is. (The author kept using its as if it meant it is.)

Complaint #2: The author kept using the form:

The Lie: <a summary of the author's opinion> The Truth: <an explanation of the author's opinion>

That's messed up. The "lie" should be what he thinks Microsoft got wrong.

Complaint #3: The whole thing is just his opinions. It would be nice to link to some actual benchmark results, for example, rather than just countering Microsoft's "IE8 is the fastest" with "No it's not!"

Not worth reading.




Here's another test. Out of 10 browser versions tested, the only one that IE8 beat was IE7.

http://service.futuremark.com/peacekeeper/browserStatistics....


That's unfair. It should be noted it also beats IE6.


But things may change as you do down the version ladder. I bet it is slower than IE 2 or 3.


I agree that the article isn't very helpful. Here is a benchmark for you:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/27/ie8s_javascrip...




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