Firefox vs Internet Explorer

Do I prefer a quasi-monopolistic, contra-intuitive, eternal beta version that starts manipulating me before installation is even finished, or a creative, intelligent and highly flexible freeware, that lets me be party of its evolution?

Firefox is a win, no questions asked. But I guess for the average Internet user who doesn't really care about add-ons or stuff, IE seems to do the job just fine - it does load the web page, right? :-) Firefox just does the job better.

maybe this vs. topic should be superior browser -vs- people who are too lazy to take 5 minutes and get a good browser lol

This question seems resolved. A better debate would be Safari vs. Firefox :)

you mean there is even a comparison?

Firebug alone gives this one to FireFox. Come on, fair fight anyone?

This is not the conversation for the dude who uses Chrome and Safari... THEY'RE THE BEST ONES!

There's really no contest.

I don't think I could survive without firebug. I can't understand why people still use IE6/7 when it only takes a few minutes to download ff or chrome. At least mac users get a default browser that knows how to render a page.

Why even?