always runs with scissors fast-
Back to your original question…
I don’t know the answer, but my best guess is that your favorite websites came up when you started typing a URL because they were in “history”, and then someone cleared the history.
Per Google’s FAQ’s, history, bookmarked sites and Google searches are all used in attempting to finish what you begin typing in the address bar – here’s the link:
http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95440
I’d suggest trying a “clean start” by deleting all history, then going to your favorite sites one by one.
After going to a few of your faves, try typing the first few characters of the first address or two you went to and see if Google completes it the way you want.
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Re: Chrome vs. Firefox vs. IE – I prefer Chrome because it seems to be the fastest to load on my older PC.
I can live with any of the three, though – they’re all fine.