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Internet Explorer 8 – Add Ons Account for 70% Problems

Submitted by Nathan Rollins (not verified) on Fri, 04/09/2010 - 09:42.
ititAccording to Microsoft in a whitepaper released today most add-ons to IE8 are the cause of the browsers problems, from speedy performance issues to crashes. Microsoft has detailed several problems associated with browser add-ons. These include toolbars, malware, and restricted sites. They also discuss other topics such as User Agent String and concurrent download settings. The white paper by itself is a useful tool and performance guide for IE8 users who have trouble with their browser’s speed, or performance, or operation.

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List of Add Ons

According to Microsoft ” Although browser add-ons can add great new features to your browser, they can also introduce performance issues if written poorly. Add-ons cause most browser crashes, accounting for over 70 percent of Internet Explorer 8’s crashes. Slowdowns in Internet Explorer 8 are very often caused by add-ons—especially when you open a new browser window or tab.”

Where other Browsers Stand on Add Ons

While Microsoft is warning about using add-ons, their two biggest competitors in the browser market, Firefox and Chrome, want add-ons on their browsers. Because the Chrome and Firefox browsers are easier to write add-ons for, developers will find it easier develop add-ons for them. Both browssers take pains to use the browser system in ways that Microsoft doesn’t

Both Chrome and IE ensure that a problem page does not bring down the whole browser; they isolate tabs. They also isolate plugins in order to minimize the damage that can be done when they crash. Microsoft could do well, therefore, to take the same approach to add-ons, they should be taken into a separate process so that their bad performance cannot take down the browser. Also, add-ons should update themselves from within the browser. Now users have to perform updates and maybe log off to get the upgrade to take. Users should not have to watch and monitor every add-on they have; but that begs the question on automatic updating. With a poorly written update this will affect more users; they have to be well written for starters.

Microsoft claims that IE add-ons are easy to develop and to prove that the developer tools are not on a separate download. But IE still isn’t a good platform as other browsers: plugins have a harder time intercepting Web traffic, so this makes add-ons like NoScript harder to port.

Source: Internet Explorer 8 Performance Whitepaper


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