Back in Might possibly, the internet Explorer (IE) team left open the chance that Microsoft could supply a tab-responsiveness update for those of us suffering from IE 8 tab-performance issues.Alas, that update isn;t gonna take place. Depending on feedback from Windows seven testers, Microsoft has scotched the notion. Not just is there no tab-hang reporting features for that IE 8 release which is built into Windows 7,
Windows 7 Code/, but there won;t be any for us IE 8 customers running Windows XP or Vista, both.I asked Microsoft officials whether there might be some relief in sight for those of us who carry on to have our well-isolated IE eight tabs whir endlessly and in no way actually open a provided web-site. This happens to be a continuing dilemma for me on my ThinkPad X60 with one GB of RAM running XP — in spite of my following Microsoft;s advice to prune my IE add-ons. Regularly, my IE 8 efficiency degrades by the finish of a day of browsing to the point that I stop running it and switch over to Firefox or Chrome.A spokesperson provided me with the following statement when I asked once more about the possibility of some kind of tab-hang update for IE eight on XP or Vista:“As stated in the May possibly 5 IEBlog post, additional data was gathered from Windows seven RC people and it was found that the additional tab “hang” reporting performance was not necessary and an update was issued to turn the function off. We will proceed to work to address responsiveness issues, but at this time the additional tab ‘hang; reporting features will not be made available to Windows XP or Vista end users.”I;ve heard from a number of IE 8 end users that they are hamstrung by IE eight;s tab unresponsiveness. I;m curious no matter if there are more silent sufferers out there. Who knows — maybe if there are enough of us, we can give Microsoft some new telemetry data to consider when designing IE 9;s tab-handling….