Shoutbox

Opera is the safest, fastest browser out there, but I think Firefox is the most extensible and customisable. IE is the most popular, and works with more websites than any other.

The reason why some sites work in IE and not in others was back in the original Browser War, both Microsoft and Netscape kept releasing proprietary features. Microsoft's features, together with IE's integration into the OS, led it to become the victor in that war.

Firefox is doing all it can to return to a Web where all sites work in all browsers, hence the 'Taking back the Web' stuff. However, IE still has the overwhelming majority of market share, meaning that sites will still be coded specifically for IE for the foreseeable future.

Anyway, I use Firefox 1.5, as I can't live without tabbed browsing and all the extensions I have. It's the little things as well, like keywords for bookmarks, the password and download managers, the better security.



But use what you like best. Try them all, then decide.