Ooh, ooh, a new browser.

I haven't been able to make the switch to a non-I.E. browser because doing anything on the web becomes a colossal pain in the ass. This may be a possible solution, and God knows I applaud all of these open source geeks and everything they stand for. The author makes a few good points about why now (more than ever) is a socially appropriate time to switch browers.
Are the Browser Wars Back? - How Mozilla's Firefox trumps Internet Explorer. By Paul Boutin: "You've probably been told to dump Internet Explorer for a Mozilla browser before, by the same propeller-head geek who wants you to delete Windows from your hard drive and install Linux. You've ignored him, and good for you. Microsoft wiped out Netscape in the Browser Wars of the late 1990s not only because the company's management pushed the bounds of business ethics, but also because its engineers built a better browser. When Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale approved the Mozilla project - an open-source browser based on Netscape's code - in 1998, it seemed like a futile act of desperation.
But six years later, the surviving members of the Mozilla insurgency are staging a comeback. The latest version of Firefox, released this Monday, has a more professional look, online help, and a tool that automatically imports your bookmarks, history, site passwords, and other settings from Explorer. Meanwhile, all-conquering Internet Explorer has been stuck in the mud for the past year, as Microsoft stopped delivering new versions. The company now rolls out only an occasional fix as part of its Windows updates. Gates and company won the browser war, so why keep fighting it? "