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Which browser is best?

Laz123
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I have used Firefox for a few years after switching from IE9 but now it seems to be locking up quite often. I don't like Chrome and really like having Favorites/Bookmarks (or whatever each browser calls them) as a column on the left hand side from top to bottom. Any recommendations?

TIA
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  • Lincoln_Imp
    Lincoln_Imp Posts: 2,518 Forumite
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    Give Opera a try
    Have a nice day :)
  • Fightsback
    Fightsback Posts: 2,504 Forumite
    edited 8 February 2015 at 9:59AM
    Laz123 wrote: »
    I have used Firefox for a few years after switching from IE9 but now it seems to be locking up quite often. I don't like Chrome and really like having Favorites/Bookmarks (or whatever each browser calls them) as a column on the left hand side from top to bottom. Any recommendations?

    TIA

    Do you have any addons in Firefox, is it using the latest version of adobe flash or has your browser bar been hijacked by something like mysearch ?

    What version of FF are you on ? Click help > about firefox to find out.
    Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
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    Remove FF and reinstall .
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    Try running Firefox with "firefox -p" to bring up the Profile Manager, then see if the problems still occur with a new profile.

    It may be that your profile has become corrupted, or an add-on in your profile may be causing problems.
  • cookie365
    cookie365 Posts: 1,809 Forumite
    There are portable versions of most browsers, so try them and decide for yourself

    http://portableapps.com/
  • tronator
    tronator Posts: 2,858 Forumite
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    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    Remove FF and reinstall .

    This will most likely not solve any problems since it will use the old (corrupted?) profile again.
  • bluesnake
    bluesnake Posts: 1,460 Forumite
    epic security browser, is a great second browser to have, but do click on the red connection on the right side of the address box so that it turns green. Epic refreshes the parts other browsers can't reach :)

    header4.jpg

    http://www.epicbrowser.com/
  • Ed-P
    Ed-P Posts: 107 Forumite
    Chrome all the way for me. The flexibility of the extensions pretty much makes it my favourite browser.
  • Opera is my favourite web browser. I have other browsers installed for website checking purposes but Opera remains my personal choice.
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