If you go with Firefox, add NoScript and Ghostery. It’s a little inconvenient while you are picking what to let through and what to block, but once you get it set up and use them a while, it gets simpler. And if you want to be lazy and let down your guard to ‘enjoy’ the full experience of a site, you just copy the web address, launch IE, paste the address, and get the full benefits and costs of a site loaded with scripts and tracking (spy) ware.
I will look into Ghostery for sure