Even taking in the current problems with IE 11, it would be a question as to what people find that works for them.  Folks I think have found that each browser that is available will have their own unique pros and cons.  All about individual choice. 

Exactly. Thank you. For me I don't use IE simply because of the lack of extensions that can be added as in Firefox and Chrome and you can't set a minimum font size for all web pages.

Or IceDragon?

I was interested too. There are a lot nice browser besides IE

Junior, you can easily install windows 7 on your new rig, if you wanted. No one is stuck with 8 because their new rig has it.

I guess I assumed that you still had your old copy of Windows 7.

I was thinking that like myself, some may still have their old windows 7, bought earlier.

I bought Windows 7 when it released. Since I build my own PCs now, I don't have a version "tied" to an OEM machine. So I could use it on any new machine I might buy that has Windows 8 on it, if I wanted to.

I use 8.1 as my main OS, with a few problems, but none major. I use 7 on my lappy, and as a dual boot with 8.1.

I just wish I didn't have this problem with IE 11. Other than that, I have very few qualms with 8.1.

I wish I could roll it back to IE 10. Or even 9.

But 8.1 came with IE 11 and I don't think I can go backwards.

To my knowledge there is no easy way to uninstall 11. You only have the option to turn it off which is useless. Have you tried to do a IE reset? Like I say my preview windows on Wincustomize do not freeze.

Problem is only solved when the browser I prefer, is fixed. Since the problem is almost 100% confined to WinCustomize, I am using Chrome for WC. I assume eventually, IE 11, or WC, will change, and this will go away.

You don't get a new dog because yours is sick, you take it to the vet.  

I may have stumbled upon a solution.

Seems there's the desktop IE11 and then there's the metro version of IE11.

Seems it doesn't happen when using the metro IE11. Problem solved!

  @ Jafo

But what about RnD's baaaaaaaby.