Not only is it free, it's faster and it blocks those annoying pop-up ads. It is a great browser.
I haven't seen a pop-up ad since I installed the original Google Toolbar. Nowadays, ZoneAlarm Pro does that and more for me (even those annoying banner ads are a relic of the past!).
Thanks. I'll certainly consider giving Firefox a try, maybe this weekend.
NOT It's faster for some people on some machines.I have both installed on two machines and it opens slower on both of them.I've also noticed that when you first install it it's quite a bit faster, then after you start adding plug-ins and extensions it slows it down .HOWEVER if you're using the tabbed browsing feature to bounce around between a half dozen or so websites there's nothing IE can do that even comes close.It's also much more resistant to spyware and pop-ups than IE.BTW IE running on XP SP2 blocks pop-ups pretty damn good all by itself