<story><title>Internet Explorer 8 runs ten times faster with Google Chrome plug-in</title><url>http://news.techworld.com/networking/3202572/internet-explorer-8-runs-ten-times-faster-with-google-chrome-plug-in/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tjic</author><text>If I had to rank-order the various humiliations I&apos;ve seen, this comes near the top.&lt;p&gt;Microsoft: &quot;here&apos;s our best stab at what a great browser looks like - and it took us 14 years to get here&quot;.&lt;p&gt;Google: &quot;we&apos;ve been working on a codebase for 2 years.  We decided to release it as a &lt;i&gt;patch&lt;/i&gt; to your browser.  Our brief foray into this area has improved your best effort by 10x&quot;.&lt;p&gt;Ouch!</text></comment>
<story><title>Internet Explorer 8 runs ten times faster with Google Chrome plug-in</title><url>http://news.techworld.com/networking/3202572/internet-explorer-8-runs-ten-times-faster-with-google-chrome-plug-in/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>josefresco</author><text>Anyone have real-life applications of this benchmark?  Similar to 3D-gaming and CPU/GPU benchmarking in general the results (and winners) depend highly on the parameters of the test.  Although at the end of the day nothing matters except real world performance.&lt;p&gt;Can someone point to an application where this performance improvement can be demonstrated?</text></comment>