Since I use Windows 2000, IE7 isn't an option. I tried FireFox and didn't like it. Then I found Slim Browser, similar to Maxthon in that it uses the IE core but adds tabs, additional secutity and a lot of other features. I was really happy with that until for some reason an update rendered it unstable. I didn't want to spend time trying to track down the problem so I started using Opera. It works fine, though a bit slow on my old system, and has plenty of the bells and whistles. There are a very few sites that have minor problems with graphics displaying but other than that it's solid and probably less of a target for malware than IE or FireFox. The main downside is that all the 3rd party toolbars, accessories, etc. are only usually available for IE and FF. Most of the reviews I seen of IE7 seem to see it is good but not great, just catching up with FF in terms of features (though FF has a new release Tuesday I think). I haven't read anything about widespread problems with crashes or lockups but that is the nature of software, especially with the huge variety of hardware and software variations under Windows, someone's always going to have problems.

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