Alan York:
why don't you download
firefox and keep IE, cause you may need it for some site.
Opera is is a good browser too, and you can make it kid on it is IE for some sites that only let IE in.
but I would suggest doing a search for browsers, and give yourself a month playing with them, you will then have a better understanding yourself of which browser you like, try as many as you can.
http://webtips.dan.info/brand-x/
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_I..._Web/Browsers/
http://browsers.evolt.org/
http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/de...sers_list.php3
I love Firefox, and I installed it on my linux partition as well.
I love it cause I can have as many or little themes and/or extensions as I like, and it is fully configurable, e.g. you have control over the code to change certain things if you like.
but IE7 is coming out soon, and it should be a bit more like firefox, I heard they may have tabbed browsing, and that they may render the way other browsers do, i.e. the w3c way.
good luck in your choice.
ik