http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2008/03/14/internet-explorer-8-first-look.aspxLast week, at the MIX conference in Las Vegas, the Internet Explorer team made several announcements regarding IE8, the first of which was that a Developer Beta (emphasis on the Developer ) is now available.&#160; You can download the beta from the IE8en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2008/03/14/internet-explorer-8-first-look.aspx#3009843Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:38:34 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3009843anonymous<p>I find IE8 slightly better performing that IE7 but slower than IE6.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3009843" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2008/03/14/internet-explorer-8-first-look.aspx#2998769Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:04:27 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2998769Ian Easson<p>Since this is a performance blog, let me ask a performance question about IE8.</p> <p>Independent performance testing (I think it was Kingsly-Hughes at ZDNET) puts IE8 beta 1 at about 5 times slower overall than the latest beta of Firefox.</p> <p>So, can you guarantee us better performance for IE8 in the shipping release? &nbsp;And, if so, will it be even in the same league as FireFox?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2998769" width="1" height="1">