Techy advice request

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  1. Dragon Tyke

    Dragon Tyke Well-Known Member

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    I am using internet explorer as my browser, is there a better one than that. Speed and security being the important here.

    thanks in advance all

    :)
     
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    Chrome or Firefox.
     
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    I'd go with Chrome but both are better than Explorer
     
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    Anything and nothing is better than Internet Explorer :) For some reason I use Firefox but I think Chrome is actually much better.
     
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    I stopped used IE years ago. Personally, I have Chrome, Firefox and Opera installed and use each for different things. Personal preference, but for speed (and security) use Chrome. FF has become a little 'chunky' of late (by which I mean it's getting slower).
     
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    Farnham_Red Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Explorer is probably the worst choice
    I use Firefox most of the time but that seems to be getting worse
    Chrome seems to work well for most things but google are worse than anyone for watching you

    Ive been impressed with Safari on Apple machines but I dont know how well it works on Windows, there are free windows versions but I've never tried one
     
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  7. Dragon Tyke

    Dragon Tyke Well-Known Member

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    thankyou all its appreciated

    will I have to use/make a new favourites list on the new browser ?
     
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    Chrome for me...I don't mind being watched, makes me feel important :p
     
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    Re: thankyou all its appreciated

    You can import from IE
     
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    Firefox will not load Google maps for me without crashing, wherever I am, whichever computer I'm using, whichever network I'm connected to.
     
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    And you can't get SkyGo on Chrome.... you have to use IE.
    Bizarre, but true.
     
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    Firefox works some of the time for me but crashes 50% of the time when I try and get directions - its started randomly hanging on other websites as well with the "script has stopped running" error message
     
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    Dragon Tyke Well-Known Member

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    giving OPERA a go

    it seems very slick so far
     
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