Bill D, I have wondered if my now slower speed may be due to a more demanding browser on an old laptop, though FF3 has other aspects I don't care for ie tool bar arrangements. Had a look at Old Version and thanks very much for that, didn't know it existed. My 'old' was newer than theirs but that's a very handy site and an option. Not heard of K-Meleon so will look up and perhaps wrongly I'd associated Opera with Macs.
Thanks, John