Try Mozilla instead of Firefox. I've been using Mozilla for a few years now, and I swear by it. I can't stand firefox or IE. Firefox, as you'll note, isn't even 1.0 yet, which essentially means it's 'beta' quality right now. I have next to no problems at all with Mozilla. I use Multi-zilla to get enhanced tabbed browsing, and a few other plug-ins that make my day go smoother. The built-in mail client is a dream, esspecially the spam filter - which filters roughly 60 - 80 messages a day for me with less than 5% false negatives now. (It requires some time to 'train' it to be accurate) It's also available free at Mozilla.org.