Lot of people like firefox I know, but I bought a Samsung NC10 Netbook a few days ago and decided to install Opera instead, as it is meant to be good for slower connections (going to use the netbook over a GPRS mobile connection as well as normal Broadband).

So far, experiences are good and it has some neat features.

Also, I think someone tried that on-speed data compression app? any good. tempted for when on GPRS but no demo available to see if it really works.

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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?"
She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

will give it a go.

Firefox has just upgraded again........appears to be slightly quicker again

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www.craigthehandyman.com Wilmslow / Alderley Edge

I'm having major problems with both IE and firefox at angies as they both keep crashing. I'll try opera

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DIY | Donnas dream house

There is also Chrome from google that you could try.

So far with Opera, it just seems to work the way I expect - kinda of natural.
Never really got that with Firefox - had to think where things were, but with Opera, it just seems to 'fit'

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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?"
She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

anyone tried google chrome? Use it sometimes, and appears fine

Just like firefox, so dont use anything else much

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www.craigthehandyman.com Wilmslow / Alderley Edge

used to use Opera before firefox came out ,in fact still got it on pc
in the old days when you had to pay for it ,that all changed when FF came out free t,they had to give it away as was losing customers hand over fist

good speed up tips here
http://howto.helpero.com/howto/Speed-Up-Opera_47.html

I like Opera.....It just doesnt play nice with some sites I use (or rather they have crap coding) mainly banks

Some options opera has I like a lot, other things like its feed checker didnt work well when I last tried it (9.25) slowed to a crawl when Opera first opened due to it checking feeds

Chrome is ok, I dont think its good enough though to convince me to change my main browser from firefox.

@ UHM : have you done a scandisk or a spyware check recently? sounds like either a bad file or bad plugin.