Fast Track

IE might have a great head-start as a browser, but is quite slow off the block in regular browsing. Surprisingly, it was quite fast during the browser startup test, losing narrowly to Chrome. It scored the lowest in the CSS/JavaScript test and it was on the slower side while opening up pages and multiple tabs. There were also some problems while playing Flash, image, and multimedia heavy sites. In compatibility tests, while it passed the aCID2 test, it fared miserably in the aCID3 test scoring a lowly 21. and contrary to popular belief, it didn't hog system resources

Safe Passage

IE provides a myriad security options which you can implement for a safer browsing experience. We found that it was almost at par with Firefox and comes with a lot of security features. Apart from the already packed security features, IE8 offers anonymous browsing (In Private) leaving no trace of your surfing history. Also IE8 has separate processes for individual tabs in a browser window.

Net Worth