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When you don't support standards or commonly accepted conventions of modern browsers, and build a browser optimized for one operating system you SHOULD end up with a faster browser.

However, given the aforementioned limitation why would you want to use such a browser?

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for ie10 see

http://html5test.com/compare/browser/ie10.html

ie10 scores 320 vs firefox 22's 410

i'm downloading the ie11 preview to compare firsthand now

"You'll need to restart your PC before you can use your new browser" -- thanks IE

ie11 scores 350 on html5test (compared to firefox 22's 410 and ie 10's 320)

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Have you developed for IE10 or 11? They are far more standards compliant than any other version. In fact IE11 surpasses Firefox in some areas (full support for Flexbox for example)

"... they are far more standards complaint than any other version ..."

"standards complaint" - Nice, I think that nails it.

Lately Microsoft complains all the time that they are fully standards compliant, but when it comes down to it, I always end up having to special case IE so it never really feels that way.

They are NSA standards compliant.

> They are far more standards compliant than any other version.

Of IE? Considering the other versions, that's not exactly a high bar to set.

That site is somewhat biased. Where are Pointer Events for instance, which IE would score highly on and Firefox not so much?

I don't have much confidence that those numbers are actually meaningful. IE10 counts as a "modern browser" in my book.

Yeah, well, when the standard changes are basically equivalent to Blink diffs, then it's difficult..

I agree IE became an object of scorn in the past. Are there any clues yet which show IE11 will be different regarding standards and compatibility?

IE versions have rapidly become dated compared to the rapid-release leading edge of Chrome and Firefox, so IMHO the most representative comparison would be in the middle of the slower IE release cycle, maybe 3-6 months after launch when Chrome and Firefox have been updated a few times.

But there are some clues, yes.

Firstly IE versions from 7 to 10 have improved a lot each time. (or sucked less if you look at it that way). IE11 should continue this trend.

Secondly the IE release cycle is getting shorter. Not as much as Firefox or Chrome, but there is some response to this pressure.

Also, it's not like the IE11 feature set is unknown at this point.

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