Stephen Patrick Morrisey

Canada

Prof. Web Developer

Why bother?... are you nuts? don't you surf the Web?

You obviously don't know what you are missing, because *any* user I have shown Firefox... and its amazing extensions, has given up on IE completely, with no itention to ever go back!

Here's what you need to do:
1.) Download, and Install Firefox (if you haven't)
2.) Get the "Adblock", "all-In-One Gestures", "BugMeNot", "ScrapBook", and "Greasemonkey" Extensions (as a minimum)
3.) Learn how to use all the above!

By doing so, you will be able to surf the Web, with *NO* popups, *NO* ADVERTIZING (if you so choose), no Flashing logos, no "you have won!" crap, *NADA*

With Tabs, you will be able to surf logically... read what you want, and load up side-threads, links, in background tabs. For anyone that says they can live without tabs, obviously hasn't used them properly yet... it's like saying you could use a mouse, without a scroll wheel... try it, it will drive you nuts!

As for "your work standard, is IE", get yourself a USB Key, and download the portable version of Firefox, and run it from the Key... once your co-workers realize, how much better, much safer, more secure, more reliable, more Web Standard Compliant it is, they will urge your company to change it's "1990" policy.

I can tell you this... if a company told me, I couldn't use Firefox... I would quit. Why risk using the Swiss Cheese security Browser?