This is not a bug, seems a poor design issue to me. When I wish to save a web
page, the "archive, single file" option (default) may take a long time for it
save the page. In the meantime, you CANNOT use the other tabs that are open!
You have to wait until the web page is saved! You can open another IE
instance and continue browsing for other things but still this is a waste of
time if you're in a rush and are locked out of the open tabs you wish to
access or work on.

Saving a web page in html form is usually quick, but you lose out on the
images and hyperlinks. So you have to use the single page option which is
*sometimes* relatively quick (a few seconds) other times it can take a long
time (over a minute) or even freeze indefinitely. This flaw was carried on
from IE6 and IE5 and no one thought it worthy enough to do anything about.
Pls dont leave it unfixed in IE8.

Thank you.
AM

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