In my last column, I summarized the basics of the most important program on your desktop or laptop computer, which is the internet browser. This is the application you use to view the internet, such as your online banking site, Facebook, YouTube or webmail account.

You might spend several hours a week using this one indispensable piece of software.

The most widely used browsers are Google Chrome (not to be confused with the Google search engine, which is actually a website), Microsoft Edge (which came pre-installed on your Windows computer) and Firefox.

However, there are plenty of other free browsers, and that’s where the browser dilemma occurs. You can download, install and use several browsers without any conflicts, but inevitably you will have to choose one as your favourite. 

Google and Microsoft have been competing for years by promoting Chrome and Edge as browsers brimming with tons of useful features.

Both of them can remember your logins and passwords and auto-fill them at various account login pages, and they can open two........

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