A recent update in MS seems to have made the IE browser "freezy". I have noticed it both at home and at work so it can't be just my computer (Japanese XP so you may not notice if you have an English XP as the coding is different).
I thought I'd give Google Chrome a try again, but don't find it as easy to navigate as Explorer. I use the command bar (File/Edit/View/Options, etc.) a lot but Chrome doesn't seem to have one. Also, the fonts in Chrome are very ... rough. They seem low quality and jagged while the expolorer browser has smoothed out their fonts considerably.
The Chrome browser does load, and multi-task better than the current bugged-out IE browser; however overall, the MS IE Browser is, in my opinion a more polished product (except for its current bugginess).
Google still needs to keep working on polishing their Chrome. Go Google!
I love you!
Cam