DISQUS

MyIE2, NetCaptor, etc are all just layover programs (essentially acting like skins do on WinAMP). They all use the IE core and thus, are vunerable to every single security flaw that IE is. Tabbed browsing is a good enough reason to dump IE for Firefox. I use both browsers. Each has its uses.

Of course IE is slightly faster. It's completely integrated into the OS of WinXP. It's already mostly loaded when you turn on the computer, and it's functions, etc are already being utilized by the OS so it takes less time to call them up in the instruction queries because of the integration. As for it having a smaller RAM/resource fingerprint? That is slightly misleading again, because of the tight integration into the OS. IE resource usages are often hidden over by other system processes. If it wasn't so integrated into the OS it would be twice the size of Firefox at least. There is no real argument here, nor anything new as this is well-known. As for the new IE? Not happening until Longhorn. Like a said in another comment. I use both browsers. I just prefer using Firefox for general browsing, as I get no drive-by downloads, I control which sites install cookies, I get no pop-ups, etc. I use IE for MS websites or sites only coded for view in IE (for example, to use many online antivirus scanners, you have to be running IE to utilize the ActiveX components). Both browsers have their uses.

This is because IE is made to handle the code incorrectly to begin with and doesn't conform even remotely properly to the standards. I use IE and Firefox so I can't be called really biased in this.