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Security is not my main reason for using Firefox, it the customizability. With the downloadable themes and extensions, I can make the browser look and act almost any way I want.

For example, my most-used extension is AdBlock. Instead of having to look at annoying animated advertising on my Yahoo mail, I just right-click and add the server to the AdBlock list. Advertising from that server will never display again, on any page.

Plus the toolbars are completely customizable, I can move, add, or remove buttons as my browsing style dictates.

Thanks hon.... I guess I just haven't been yearning for more features from my browser. I have also added a few HTML tools to my IE that I use a lot, like right clicking pics to save the img src, the ability to copy the source code of highlighted text and the ability to copy links and pages as html links for easy posting here. Sounds like the same kind of plug ins you can get and that you like about Firefox...

One thing that would bug me is that these freeware add-ons are no less susceptible to being buggy, and I am not sure of the process for receiving updates and notifications from such a loosely organized bunch of basement programmers unless you are a techie who is browsing around looking for that stuff, as you do. For me, I don't want to know how to build a watch, I only want to tell time.