This article (link inside) provides a great overview of why sites like HSX might appears slow for you but not others Jul 26, 07:27
Yes, IE 8 is 2x slower loading javascript than Firefox 3.5 for those of you *still* resistant to switch to Firefox :) Jul 26, 07:37
quit bitching Jul 26, 08:35
Stop comparing this site to the last time they tried to upgrade. It would be almost impossible for this to be worse. Jul 26, 09:31
I used FF briefly before...and didn't like it. Then when I saw the speed difference in particular for HSX, I use FF now. I still use IE8, Jul 26, 11:40