[Labyrinthos]

I almost never use IE anymore. This because of IE being a magnet for malware, security exploits, adware, lack of effective built-in-popup blocking mechanism, and it being a resource hog.

What do you think will happen if Firefox goes from 5% to 20% of market share, and the A-Holes who write and distribute adware, malware, viruses, and security threats now have the incentive to turn their attention from IE to FF?

[ShadowAce]

What do you think will happen if Firefox goes from 5% to 20% of market share, and the A-Holes who write and distribute adware, malware, viruses, and security threats now have the incentive to turn their attention from IE to FF?

What will happen is that any single piece of mal-ware will not damage as much of the installed user base as it does now. Variety is a good thing.

[frog_jerk_2004]

What do you think will happen if Firefox goes from 5% to 20% of market share, and the A-Holes who write and distribute adware, malware, viruses, and security threats now have the incentive to turn their attention from IE to FF?

Of course that will most likely happen as the bigger you are the bigger target you become. But, with peer code review, (Which Micro$oft does not have), it will most likely be less of an issue.

In any event, I want to use the best product available that fits my needs right now, which in my opinion, is Firefox.

[toadthesecond]

IE can allow access to parts of your operating system that third-party browsers do not

[holymoly]

What do you think will happen if Firefox goes from 5% to 20% of market share, and the A-Holes who write and distribute adware, malware, viruses, and security threats now have the incentive to turn their attention from IE to FF?

Read this:

An extended explanation on why Internet Explorer is insecure

It will answer your question(s).