JScript 5.7
[Revised to not sound as nagging as I always sound]
The JScript 5.7 patch is now being pushed to an IE6 computer near you…
IE6 uses Jscript 5.6 which has some design flaws when it comes to garbage collection. This is just a small issue for small applications but it is a large issue for large applications. Gmail is a large application and the GC problems caused IE6 to perform unacceptably slow. After talking to the JScript team they were really cooperative and they saw the need to push JScript 5.7 as an update to IE6. It is now being installed on all Windows computers. Expect Gmail to work better on an IE6 computer near you after a few more rounds of QA.
December 18th, 2007 at 8:58
But will it be available to developers who run ie6 as a standalone?
December 18th, 2007 at 9:27
Too little too late.
December 18th, 2007 at 9:46
I don’t see Windows 2000 on that list, meaning that we will still have to sniff for what JScript version the client has…
December 18th, 2007 at 14:48
[...] Arvidsson lets us know about the JScript 5.7 patch that is zooming out to IE6 users: The JScript 5.7 patch is now being pushed to an IE6 computer near [...]
December 19th, 2007 at 0:36
I think this is great news. And I don’t think it’s too late, better late than never. There’s still a large amount of businesses that are equipped with XP+IE6 today. Delivering rich internet app to them is an everyday challenge with the current IE6. If this patch can speeds things up, it can only be a good news.
December 19th, 2007 at 14:05
[...] Erik Arvidsson explains the reason for the update [...]
December 19th, 2007 at 16:52
[...] Arvidsson lets us know about the JScript 5.7 patch that is zooming out to IE6 users: The JScript 5.7 patch is now being pushed to an IE6 computer near [...]
December 21st, 2007 at 3:33
[...] to anyone working on web 2.0 applications - ie lots of JavaScript. Erik Arvidsson of Gmail fame posted that the JScript team has patched IE6 to JScript 5.7. So what? Garbage Collection is what. If your app has been plagued by poor [...]
December 30th, 2007 at 1:30
So that’s the IE6 update MS wanted to push onto me… I guess I’ll install it.
January 10th, 2008 at 5:54
[...] are in order to the JScript team for fixing their long-b0rken GC heuristic and pushing it out to everyone…but it’s the tip of the [...]
January 10th, 2008 at 11:05
[...] are in order to the JScript team for fixing their long-b0rken GC heuristic and pushing it out to everyone…but it’s the tip of the [...]
January 10th, 2008 at 15:09
[...] are in order to the JScript team for fixing their long-b0rken GC heuristic and pushing it out to everyone…but it’s the tip of the [...]
January 11th, 2008 at 7:29
[...] are in order to the JScript team for fixing their long-b0rken GC heuristic and pushing it out to everyone…but it’s the tip of the [...]