Picking a Web Browser

Now that there are so many web browsers out these days, it's hard to figure out which one would suit your needs best. The top three are Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera. Let's take a look at each.

Mozilla Firefox
Pros: You can choose from hundreds of themes and add-ons to make this the perfect browser. It includes tabbed browsing, bookmark toolbar, and can easily be linked with other programs offered by Mozilla, like Thunderbird, the e-mail client. Supports pretty much every website.

Cons:
Firefox can be a bit of a memory hog. It's not good to use if you're running a large program (e.g. Adobe Photoshop) along side from time to time.

Good For:
Lots of tabs. Customizing the look and feel. Toolbars.

Find it at Mozilla.com.

Internet Explorer
Pros: Nice, clean layout. Tabbed browsing. Supports almost every website. Doesn't take up much space.

Cons: Thougha nice, simple browser, Internet Explorer doesn't have as many new features as one would like. Also, scrolling can be a bit funny. Like Vista, it may look pretty but could have been built much better.

Good For:
Browsing the internet in a simple way. Not everyone needs a bunch of bookmarks, toolbars, and tabs.

Find it at Microsoft.com

Opera
Pros: Tons of stuff to customize. Widgets are coming out at an amazing rate. Tabbed browsing. Bookmark toolbar. Opera also has this great feature called "Speed Dial" that allows you to pick your top favorite 9 sites when you open a blank tab or page. You preview these sites (see here) and have it automatically reload the preview at a customized rate (you can also do this with normal web pages). Having this in addition to your bookmarks toolbar is great. Opera also saves your place when you close it, no matter how many tabs you have open. So the next time you open Opera, you're right where you left off in all your tabs! 

Cons:
A little strange at first, takes a bit to get used to. Doesn't support every website. Slows your downloads. Automatic torrent loader is reallllly slow.

Good For:
Widgets, bookmarks, and tabs. Running alongside other programs. Automatic reload is good for lurking on Facebook/MySpace/deviantART/Sheezy Art/any social site. 

Find it at Opera.com.

My Choice?
Opera!
I love this web browser. I don't have to worry about saving every tab I'm at every time I close it (as with Firefox) and it doesn't take up all my computer's poor memory and CPU (as Firefox does). The Speed Dial option makes it very easy to keep an eye over my favorite sites.  This web browser is just AWESOME.

Besides, I lurk a lot.