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IE is one thing Microsoft has done a really bad job with lately, and it's only apparent because of how good a product Firefox is. Tabbed browsing in and of itself is one of those features that, once you've used it, you can't understand how you ever used a computer without it. And extensions that let you customize the browser to your tastes are brillant - to say nothing of the fact that Firefox opens and loads pages faster, and takes up less HD space. Opera has the best-looking interface, but is slightly slower and there aren't nearly as many extensions available.

For me to switch from IE, I had to see something not just different or as good, but better - and I did. I've completely switched to Firefox, and other than Windows Update itself I don't seem to run across any incompatible web sites. I now consider Firefox to be an essential part of a properly configured computer. To get me to switch back, IE must have everything Firefox does, and then be better still - right not it looks like IE7 is just going to try to be "as good" (or "almost as good") as Firefox, and that won't cut it for me or most other people.

I was viewing one website over the weekend ( www.elpasotimes.com ) and got the following notice when trying to play a video using Firefox:

This product requires Microsoft© Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft© Media Player 10, and Macromedia Flash 6. To download these free software applications, click the links below and follow the on-screen instructions. Step 1: Download Microsoft© Internet Explorer 6 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is free to download Once the installations are complete, reload this page.

Of course all of these are loaded on my machine, but they apparently don't work with Firefox at this website and I had to fire up IE6. Any suggestions from those more knowledgeable than me? (I don't plan on reloading anything if I can avoid it; must be some tweaks I can do without reloading).

>>how good a product Firefox is<<

FF is NOT a "good" product. It may be better than IE and I'm forced to use it due to the incompatability of sites with Opera, but I don't like it. It has serious memory leak and stability issues that the developers absolutely refuse to fix.

Tabbed browsing in and of itself is one of those features that, once you've used it, you can't understand how you ever used a computer without it.

I like Firefox & I've been using it for a couple of years now, but I have to admint I don't 'get' the tabbed browsing thing. How is it so much better to have a bunch of tabs open in one window than to just have several windows open?