For our purposes, though, there's some interesting information about add-ons included:More info at ARS Technica.
Although browser add-ons can add great new features to your browser, they can also introduce performance issues if written poorly. Add-ons cause most browser crashes, accounting for over 70 percent of Internet Explorer 8's crashes. Slowdowns in Internet Explorer 8 are very often caused by add-ons—especially when you open a new browser window or tab.
It's good to see that only 30 percent of IE8's crashes are actually the browser's fault. Theoretically, IE8 users could simply run their browser in "No Add-ons mode" (iexplore.exe -extoff) and have a much more stable experience. In the real world, today's Web expects add-ons.
Microsoft: Add-ons responsible for 70 percent of IE8 crashes
Posted on Sunday, April 11 2010 @ 12:30 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck