Etherpunk

Firefox is an open source browser released under the GNU Public License. It has many advantages over Internet Explorer 6 and still some over Internet Explorer 7. So far their is one huge bug in the sense that it can become a memory hog. The other drawback is it can't do ActiveX or some IE proprietary things. For those reason you should not remove Internet Explorer however use it as little as possible. The next rev is Firefox (3.0) will supposedly pass the Acid2 test (something which few browsers do at the time of this writing) and help reduce member footprints.

== Drawbacks ==

Some times don't work well in Firefox -- this is usually because of the web developer. Most users don't care whose fault it is. Firefox has an extensions that allows you to quickly swap to Internet Explorer. I don't use it that often as few sites I go to have this problem. I'd love to find a list of Internet Explorer only sites. Internet Explorer is very forgiving when it comes to the HTML code of web pages, while other browsers tend not to be. This is good and it's bad. Sometimes Internet Explorer has it's own method of doing things that require special hacks to get around. From personal experience, this is rarely the case with Firefox as it's usually Internet Explorer that deviates from standards -- not Firefox.

== Windows Update ==

IE is still required for Updating your Windows box. Well, Firefox _can_ be used for that but it can be a little complicated and not worth the hassle under most circumstances.

== Themes ==

Firefox has some nifty themes. Unlike Internet Explorer, Firefox can skin (theme) itself without the use of other software. Their are many themes to make your FF lean or pretty and some can be found here (sometimes this site is slow).

== Extensions ==

Where Firefox really shines is it's extensibility. Extensions such as AdBlock and Flashblock make life, at least for me, much better.