Used to be an Internet Explorer user until I found out about the vulpine browser of flames that kills Mosaics. :P :t038:
Anyway, I heard about IE's truckload of vulnerabilities, so I was glad to switch to a safer browser. (Oddly enough, I sadly got my first virus on my comp when I using FF, and never got any with IE.)
I also love FireFox since it saves your tabs EXACTLY (tabs, backward/forward pages, content :cer_love:). It also doesn't crash (if ever, rarely) and has a pretty efficient pop-up blocker (only failed once when I was at the Internet Movie Database(ImDb)).
On the other hand, IE can crash frequently, saying "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We apologize for the inconvenience." No, you're not sorry, IE, because otherwise you wouldn't eliminate all my tabs when I was using them, forcing me to start afresh. It took you all the way 'til IE8 to implement this "Page View Save" feature, and even then, it doesn't always work correctly!
I also am beginning to like the unique way FF handles the history. I preferred it as a sidebar originally like in IE, but being its own page is cool, too.
Additionally, I love how you can type in a keyword in the address bar. and FireFox efficiently does a "search" for it not only in web address names, but also page names as well! :)
However, I dislike Mozilla Firefox's INSANELY slow speed at times with multiple tabs, as well as how it eats up my available memory usually. I've had the same 5 tabs open for like 3 weeks straight! :P :laugh: I ONLY use IE if I'm in a rush and don't have the patience to sacrifice and deal with performance and speed. I also liked IE's Back/Forward blue buttons and nice arrows better; a minor quirk in FF.
All in all, Mozilla FireFox is the way to go! :D (though Opera, Safari, and Google Chrome sort of sound interesting...) I love its Easter egg :t113: you type in the address bar, too! It's interesting, though startling at first, to see. Sort of creepy...but cool!
[S-HIGHLIGHT]about:mozilla[/S-HIGHLIGHT]
;)
(I saw even more evidence of IE's suckish speed today; I just had a Microsoft Word document with a few AutoShapes and one tab open in IE, and it was still slow as heck on a desktop comp! :cer_pissed: I'm glad/grateful FireFox can even manage to work under the strain of 5 tabs...)
I lament that my FF browser can't use AdBlock... :( At least it's developing more beneficial features than IE8 (in some areas...)