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Why IE Is So Fast ... Sometimes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nip-and-tuck dept.

safrit writes "Finally the scoop on how IE "cheats" a little to up its performance! Do RFCs mean nothing anymore? What's next, Riots in the streets, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria! From the blog story: 'Internet Explorer on Windows always seems either to run impossibly fast (page requests are fulfilled almost before the mouse button has returned to its original unclicked position), or ridiculously slow...' Now read to see why..."

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  1. First Post... by Groganz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, damn Mozilla.

  2. Re:Cut n Paste by Afrosheen · · Score: 5, Funny

    One thing looked familiar to me:

    " Client Server
    1. SYN ->
    2.
    4. Request ->"

    That's very similar to the working of the infamous underpants gnomes.

    1. Collect underpants
    2. ?
    3. Profit!

  3. Re:Cut n Paste by Randolpho · · Score: 5, Funny

    So that would be:

    1) Rewrite TCP
    2) ???
    3) Speed boost!

    --
    "Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised."
    -Marilyn Manson
  4. More Browser speed ups!! by sweede · · Score: 5, Funny

    i've ran Netscape 4.1 on my pentium 133 with a 28.8 kps modem, but web pages load instantly on my box. whats my secret??

    Well i'll tell you !!

    i upgraded to IE 6.0* and the web pages popped up instantly !! even the pop-ups where there just as quickly

    using IE increased the speed of web browsing on the internet for me, it can for you too !

    *Note: to run IE 6.0 i also had to upgrade to a more recent AMD XP system running Windows XP and a 1.5mbs Cable Modem service which had a 98% impact on page load and rendering times.

    --
    I follow the SDK and GDN principles.. Spelling Dont Kount, Grammer Dont Neither
  5. Re:MSIE is to blame! by Ponty · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what you're saying is that MSIE is responsible for a lot of the /. effect? It seems that all of those windows-using /. readers might think once or twice about their OR or browser if they know that they're ruining the Internet for everyone else.

  6. Re:slashdotted by WiPEOUT · · Score: 5, Funny
    3. Waiting for a mirror to appear would make news show up incredibly slow.

    ... and /. is renowned for getting news to it's readers in a timely fashion, so this would be intolerable.

  7. Sacrifice security, compatibility for performance? by Glytch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course not. Microsoft would never do such a thing. I scoff at your ridiculous suggestion, good sir.

  8. Hey, this is Microsoft by Alien+Being · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is there anyone out there who really expected their *handshake* to mean something?

  9. Re:closer look at the TCP teardown procedure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's polite to say goodbye before you hang up the phone, but you don't have to keep saying goodbye until the other guy hangs up (unless you're in love)