> @Sanford: Interesting, did you clone DocumentFragments or existing DOM > elements?
new Element() in a loop vs. one new Element() and then .clone()ing it in a loop. The differences are stark (if not surprising) after just 100 iterations, on FF, WK, IE9. But notable that on IE 8, both methods are agonizingly slow, but the .clone() is about 20% faster there! So... another YMMV situation depending on your user trends. I tend not to care if something is slow-but-fully-functional on IE 8. -- S.
