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I use Firefox. I use it proudly, with excitement, and with anticipation of what hypertext may lay before me. Certain Firefox add-ons (like Adblock, Google Toolbar, Tab Mix Plus) have made my life better. I’ll never go back to using Internet Explorer. What never? No, Never.

Now that IE7 is out there, falling into the hands of the unenlightened (non-Firefox users), I’m hearing reports of problems with the new Microsoft browser. Anyone that has upgraded has violated Ron’s #1 rule for installing Microsoft updates: wait 2 weeks after the 2nd service pack before upgrading. Granted, my rules aren’t internet standards (yet), but it’s good not to immediately jump on software coming out of Redmond.

Today I saw this blog post that referenced this other blog post about issues an IE user was having with IE7. Let me say that this user doesn’t see the advantage to tabbed browsing, so you should be cautious to just believe what he says without proof (since anyone who would not see benefit in tabbed browsing is an idiot). He does, however, make some good points.

Then, not 30 minutes after reading those posts, I was chatting via IM with Kink Wulfgar. The King, now a developer of parental controls software, said “I never realized how ad-riddled the web is before I started having to test [Safe Eyes] with IE7.” We got into a discussion of how Adblock has really kept our internet from becoming unusable because of pop up ads, pop up windows, and other unnecessary wastes of time.

If you’re using IE, dump it. Go get Firefox. You’ll thank me later. If you’re using IE7, I’d be interested in hearing what issues (if any) you’ve had since the upgrade. I’d also like to hear your overall opinion of the new version.