A client's site was crashing in IE8 causing the message "This tab has been recovered. A problem with this webpage caused Internet Explorer to close and reopen the tab." It turns out there is a bug with jQuery version 1.6.2 having to do with CSS background images which was the culprit (http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/9823)
Simply upgrading to the latest jQuery version solved the problem. Something to be aware of for other sites using background images and jQuery 1.6.2.
Simply upgrading to the latest jQuery version solved the problem. Something to be aware of for other sites using background images and jQuery 1.6.2.