Mark, How much RAM is in your system? RAM is almost free right now and is absoutely the cheapest and most effective upgrade you can buy. If your CPU runs at, say, 600 MHz or better, and you're running Windows 98/ME/2K/XP, you should have at least 256 MB of RAM—128 MB is absolute minimum—for acceptable performance. Given adequate RAM, the latest IE will give you no trouble and will provide faster response than Netscape. You can still choose the plug-ins and JVM you'd like to run.

I used to be a Netscape loyalist but the browser wars are long over and there is no longer any supplier worthy of your loyality. Once IE achieved the functionality and stability of Netscape and AOL bought Netscape, I saw no need to waste hard disk space storing a second (add-on) browser.

      - Mark