I have been using Firefox for several years now. I believe it is vastly superior to IE. Firefox is faster, it is more stable, and it has a rich set of add-on features being developed by a vibrant community of open source programmers. I first started using Firefox when it was called Firebird, on a Windows 2000 desktop. Since that old desktop where I first used it, I have installed Firefox on every machine I have used at work or home. This has included various versions of Windows, Linux, and my Mac. I have very occasionally ran into a weird bug, but it was usually something that was fixed very quickly with a software update from the Mozilla Foundation. I have had much more trouble with IE 5, 6, and 7 during the same time period.
Recently I have been experiencing a very bad bug in Firefox on my MacBook. I was unable to download anything, until I fixed it this afternoon. I finally found this help page on the Mozilla Support Site. I actually had to dig into the file system and delete a file that contained download history. I would imagine this file was somehow corrupted. My Firefox is now back to normal. What bothers me is that it took me about a week of searching for the answer to finally discover the trick. I tried a number of potential solutions before stumbling onto this one. Hopefully if you stumble onto this page, I will have helped you.
