It is not about bring IE down or anything. Look at it as enhancing your own browsing experience. Some of the great features of Firefox: Tabbed browsing: You can have multiple windows in one browser, leaving your status bar uncrowded. Extensions: You can download small programs as add-ons for your browsers that make things easier for you. Most popular ones - Adblock, Mouse Gestures, Gmail Notifier, etc etc. Adblock is an amazing tool. It enables you to block all kinds of banner ads. If you use Gmail, Gmail Notifier is a very handy tool that lets you know when you get new mail. Keywords for Bookmarks: When you save a site to your favorites list, you can assign a keyword to them. Next time you want to visit the site, just type the keyword. No need to type long URLs. Firefox has made browsing easier for me. I recommend it to everyone.