From TechRepublic:
Big Blue is encouraging its 330,000 employees to use Firefox as an alternative to IE, providing support and internal downloads.
IBM is encouraging its employees to use Firefox, aiding the open-source Web browser’s quest to chip away at Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
Firefox is already used by about 10 percent of IBM’s staff, or about 30,000 people. Starting Friday, IBM workers can download the browser from internal servers and get support from the company’s help desk staff.
IBM’s commitment to Firefox is among its most prominent votes of confidence from a large corporation. Based on development work by the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation, Firefox has been downloaded by more than 50 million people since it debuted in November. Internet Explorer still dominates the overall market by far, though, with Firefox’s share in the single digits.
I was using Firefox almost exclusively at work, but was still using Internet Explorer at home. Recently I’ve run into some problems with IE and I couldn’t be bothered to fix them so I switched to Firefox. I’d say that 90% or more of my browsing is done with Firefox.
I have been very happy with the two browsers I use – Opera and Avant. Both provide the use of tabs and built-in ad blocking features. They also have many other features, mouse gestures for one, that make them efficient to use.