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Same site: six seconds in Chrome Beta, nine in IE8, and thirteen in Maxthon. I don't have FireFox. And yes, it's another Beta - they've got the standard release, and a Beta release which contains new features, is quite a bit faster, but is considered unstable. When they've got the beta sorted, then it becomes the standard release and they release another beta with more new features, but which is unstable. Safari 4 for Windows is apparently pretty quick, which is a surprise. Makes you wonder if they've started using the version of WebKit that Google has optimised for Chrome.

I've had Safari 4 for a while now. It has decent speeds but has some issues with Flash and JavaScript right now. Hopefully those will be resolved in time. I'll try the new beta soon so that I can get back to you on the speed. And on Vista Ultimate Chrome Beta was the fastest. In fact, in Windows 7 Beta it was the fastest. Now that I'm on Windows 7, build 7057, IE 8, which does not say it's a beta anymore, is a lot faster. Kinda strange actually.