The Browsers War happened a few years back, when Netscape and Microsoft were fighting for market share during the height of the Internet boom. After various court battles and what-nots, that war is pretty much over. Today, the insurgent browsers seem to be fighting more of an underground war. Lots of alternative browsers popping up here and there.
I just tried Mozilla. It's a tight package that includes a browser, email client, newsreader, IRC client and a composer tool - all in a 12MB installer. From my brief encounter with it, it feels a little rough at the edges. I can see some nice features like Tabs, but hey, Opera has those too and better implemented. I don't really have that good a first impression of Mozilla, so will its users pray tell me what are its good points?
IE works really fine for me, although I've heard so many people complain about it. It hardly - really hardly - ever crashes on me, and this is the main grouse that people have. And if there's one thing that will make me reluctant to shift from IE, it gotta be the Google Toolbar. It's not part of IE, you have to get it from Google and I think all IE users should get it!
Opera's another browser that I'm impressed by (although I will still use IE). It just gets things right. Mouse Gestures is a really good idea. Once mastered, prepare to get RSI in your right wrist. ;) One word to describe the Opera experience might be 'intuitive' - if you can think of it, they've probably implemented it. If you can't think of it, they've also implemented it.
Anyway, I'll think to IE just because it is simple. No frills. It works. Period.
