Topic: Internet Explorer V8 Slooooowww !

[cactus02]

Opening my site (http://www.secondemain.ca) is very slow with Internet Explorer 8 but... snappy fast with Firefox 3.0.6 !
I tried opening on different PCs in different location !
What could cause such a difference !
Thank You !

[Stefano]

you already have the answer: IE8.. simply don't use it, there are plenty of better browser out there to be used

[cactus02]

I thought there was some « tips » or things to check !
I cannot tell clients which browser to use !

[Stefano]

I cannot tell clients which browser to use !

I disagree..
you should really tell your client to use something different than a insecure, bugged and bloated sw as IE

my 2c

[janet]

cactus02

Both browsers are fast for me to your site (from Australia)
Check your LAN and proxy server settings in IE

[jester]

It has something to do with your site and IE8.
If you run IE with no add-ons it loads ok, so the SME-forums aren not the right place for you issue, try the MS forums.

HTH.

[piran]

Opening my site (http://www.secondemain.ca) is very slow with Internet Explorer 8 but... snappy fast with Firefox 3.0.6 !
What could cause such a difference !

Perhaps, like me, IE8 doesn't like animations;~)
I notice your site does not accept gzip calls and
browser compression might be of benefit overall.
So, it might help your site to activate gzip on SME.
There used to be a contrib for gzip, mod_deflate
and eaccelerator but I couldn't find it on contribs.
However you should be better supplied on...
http://www.vanhees.cc/index.php?name=CmodsDownload&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=6
...it's in French aussi;~)
YMMV