I went through the same pain not too long ago. Gave up IE after v9 came out because it had the annoying problem of clearing all cookies and history every time the OS crashed! I went to FF and discovered Google no longer developed a toolbar but then I quickly learned there are loads of add-ons that will help re-establish your reliance on Google. In FireFox, at least you can place toolbars and buttons in a way that suits you. Just search through the add-ons market place and you will soon be satisfied. Chrome has the sophistication of a Tablet browser....needs to grow up a bit more before I switch!