[BigSkyFreeper]

Firefox just executes slower. IE on the other hand, double click the icon and it's open and loading the start page.

[Knitebane]

IE on the other hand, double click the icon and it's open and loading the start page.

That is because Microsoft built IE directly into Windows.

Back when I still used Windows, there was a Mozilla option that started Mozilla in the background when Windows started.

That made it just as fast as IE.

[ShadowAce]

Firefox just executes slower. IE on the other hand, double click the icon and it's open and loading the start page.

That's because IE loads itself during the bootup. Most of it is already in memory before you click on the icon.

[soycd]

IE cheats and uses secret internal Microshaft GUI APIs.