Why is Selenium InternetExplorerDriver Webdriver very slow in debug mode (visual studio 2010 and IE9)

Question

I\'m using the example code from the SeleniumHq site - but in debug mode the performance is awful.

In release mode the entire test takes about 6 seconds (including l

Answer 1

check 'prefer 32 bit' is not checked in your build properties. If it is and you are using the 64 bit IE driver it will run like an asthmatic snail.