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I think you're using a computer that is so fast that you can't feel the slowness, or that you're biaised.

A simple test using

stopwatch start > ff

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\manuel.VAIO\Bureau\index.cfm.html"

stopwatch stop >> ff
stopwatch start > ie

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\manuel.VAIO\Bureau\index.cfm.html"

stopwatch start >> ie

All programs closed. I click on File/close asap.

I've repeated the test 5 times.

So to load , print the page and close itself it took :

IE : 4s
FF : 24s

I would be happy to have a graph with cpu load too, cause my computer hangs with FF too.

To increase the effect just multiply the number of "select".

This is really strange behavior you have. I have just tried using the command prompt. Now I had both IE7 and Firefox already open (as I normally would have a browser open all day, and also to remove startup time from what you believe is a parsing/html handling issue) and then launched the file via firefox (3 RC2), IE7, Opera 9.27 and Safari 3.1.

First thing I noticed was that IE7 and Safari opened new windows while Opera and FireFox new Tabs.

Based on my watches second hand:
Safari < 2 secs
Firefox 2-3 secs
Opera 4-5 secs
IE7 >20 secs

Seems IE sits in 'Connecting' mode for ages, not sure if my setup has a call to base before loaded the page or what but it was really slow.

I would be interested to see what other people are getting. BTW what does StopWatch the program measure, because I did notice that IE7 returned to the command prompt very quickly after being called, but the page was not rendered for a considerable time after that.

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