There are really only 3 Choices,,,Opera-Mozilla/FireBird-IE.Most are using MS Engine,,except of course Mozilla and Opera.They are all fast with the right configuration.You can't lose.They are all very decent browsers.But when you stack up all the features and skins and support,,Opera is clearly the winner.Although I have no Idea how it will run on anything but XP with a ton of RAM.So I think you are right jtb to be cautious.Be sure to take a look at the most elegant skin collection for Opera.

Sirs:

I use Opera--the free version--very fast.
Also I use "noopads--(no opera ads)which
blocks out the Ads on Opera.
Very impressed with Opera.Have had a lot of
problems with I.E.6.
Best regards--Jazzbro22UK.

Well in my opinion, which aint worth much,lol,Opera has them all beat. by a long shot.Anyone who wold still use the archaic IE in this day and time really likes slow surfing I would think. Opera is so customizable,in every way, down to the ini and exe files, so if there is any part of it you dont like, you can just edit it out. Try that with IE and see what happens,lol. And as for the ad, it realy isnt that big of an issue, I just paid for the browser.It's worth every penny.

I use Mozilla Firebird mostly becuase it's very fast and has sooo many more features than IE and less security holes, but you have to use IE on some sites because Big Brother Microsoft makes a lot of websites only work with IE.

I use DIV styles all the time with no problem in IE. Hmmm.

By the way, been giving a fair chance to Opera in the last few days, but I'm sorry to say that it's much slower than IE is. And believe me, I'm not trying to defend MS, I'm far from a fan.  A lot of pages even time out in Opera (here especially) while they just appear in a Flash with IE. What all that talk about Opera being so fast?
A shame though, cause I like its features. Just I just can stand the lag. Sorry.

paxx,Have you made any adjustments in the preferences panel of Opera ? I am not having that trouble at all.DevArt of course,I haven't found a browser yet willing to deal with whatever they have done to that place.Anyhow,there are cookie settings and such that are better left at default,IMO.I tried messin' with em' once and wound up with the same thing you got goin' on.Mozilla/Firebird? Skinz Blah,,Opera ? Fantastic Skins,Features,Speed,Hot list,Wand,tons of other stuff.Absolutely well worth SUPPORTING and buying.