I'm using the Kendo UI Web controls with ASP.NET MVC 3 on .NET Framework 4.0. We've been developing a new application that uses Kendo controls extensively. Grids with custom toolbars, command buttons, ~20 columns, and editor templates are used heavily.
I've been running the application side by side on IE 8 and Chrome. The performance on Chrome is significantly better (~5X better). It's most notable with the Kendo Grids. On IE8 there seems be a notable lag between loading the data and then displaying the data on grids. Same for going in and out of edit mode. It's not taking CPU processing time during this lag. It takes a few seconds to refresh the grid once the data is loaded. In Chrome it's pretty must instantaneous.
Unfortunately IE 8/9 are our official browsers. Any tips to improve performance? Our users won't accept the performance as it currently sits.