Due to the new design behavior guideline for Windows Taskbar on
Windows 7, more and more software application has now making its icon to
locate and stick at Windows 7 Taskbar when minimized, instead of
minimizing to system tray (notification area).
4 Useful Tweaks to Speed Up Your Internet Browser in Windows 7
There are hundreds of articles online covering various methods to speed up your web browsing experience. This article covers a few lesser-known tweaks which will improve your browser performance in Windows 7, and should be applicable to Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Exploler.