Best Browser

[BJS]

Have been using IGoogle and been very pleased with it as I could set tings like clock, BBC news and sport headlines an local weather information. this is now closing very shortly so asking what other browsers and users are happy with. Thanks for any replies.

[Prudie]

I switched from Internet Explorer (because AB didn't work well with it) to Google Chrome and am quite happy with it now I know my way around and have all my favourites and settings in place. I have clock and weather as icons on my desktop which I did through the control panel.

[bibblebub]

I have been using Firefox for years and try to avoid google whenever possible

[hc4361]

What do you use as your search engine, bibble?

I like Chrome and use that.

[bibblebub]

DuckDuckGo

[jno]

happy with Firefox.

There's a report here:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/383302/best-browser-for-2013

[hc4361]

You might like to set this as your home page, in whichever browser you choose.

http://www.ighome.com/

[bibblebub]

Perhaps I should add that I in fact use Waterfox which is a version of Firefox optimised for 64-bit machines and shares the same profile. However, after months of inactivity, it has only recently been updated to match the latest FF release, and so it's yet to be seen whether it is back to regular updates.

[Buenchico]

Basically any up-to-date browser (EXCEPT the dreaded Internet Explorer!) should be good enough. The actual selection is all down to personal choice. I use Firefox because:
(a) sites load quickly in it ;
(b) there are more add-ons available for it than any other browser ; and
(c) I like having the good old-fashioned menu bar (File, Edit, etc) available at the top of my screen.

(If you decide to try Firefox, use the link from this page to ensure that you get the British version: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/ ).

Chrome is a decent browser but has fewer add-ons available (and I find it less intuitive to use).

K-Meleon is a 'light' version of Firefox, which is incredibly fast. SeaMonkey is somewhat similar. (SeaMonkey Portable can be loaded onto a USB stick, so that you can have your bookmarks and settings available to you irrespective of which computer you're using).

However iGoogle isn't a web browser anyway. It's a personalised page which can be viewed in ANY browser. The nearest equivalent is igHome:
http://www.ighome.com/

[ShadowPuppet]

Recently after swearing by Firefox for years I switched both my laptops from it to Chrome. Firefox had become slow and constantly unresponsive sometimes on one to the point where it required a restart of the system for the problem to be solved at least for a while.
Literally upon seconds into Chrome use on the Acer an improvement in performance was obvious, at least for now. Not holding my breath with this thing(the laptop). It can be temperamental.
The second laptop, the HP has barely been tested as it's 7 years old and quite slow but so far so good.