I've noticed since installing windows 7 that IE8 has become slower and more resource hungry (sometimes using up to 500Mb of memory).
What are your recommendations for an alternative browser. I have tried google chrome but wasn't too impressed, but would still welcome your suggestions.
I like the "In Private" browsing feature of IE so do any of the alternatives also have this feature ?
Use Opera Browser or Firefox 4 or use IE9
Out of Opera and Firefox what one is the most customisable ?, I like bright colours
OK and thanks yowanvista, I think I will try both
I use both Chrome and Firefox. Can't decide which is best but Chrome is edging it at the moment.
Trying them out is really the only way to know which you prefer. Your big player alternatives are Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari for Windows (although I don't recommend Safari at all...it hasn't had a good security track record on Windows).
I use Firefox myself and it does support private browsing mode. I've tried to use Chrome over the years and for some reason, I just find that I don't stick with it. So, while tons of people love Chrome...I'm just not enamored with it.
chrome has improved a lot recently. I subscribe to the beta channel, which despite its name is very stable and gets regular updates ahead of the general release (Stable Channel). The most recent is GPU acceleration for some functions. Chrome also releases new Stable channel versions about every 6 weeks which update your browser automatically.
Thanks for the recommendations guys. Think I'll give Firefox a try to start with to see how I get on with that.
Thanks again.
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