Why Firefox is better than IE

I've already posted about my preference for Firefox 2.0 over Microsoft IE7, even though in the latter's latest incarnation they've added many of the features that Firefox already had (or so I'm told) and IE lacked.

I am not a Microsoft hater or basher. As stated in my previous post, my gripe with IE7 is the continuous crashes. But I've also found a few features and usability issues that I think make Firefox an even better choice.

Let me qualify this post by saying right now that I'm not a sophisticated user. I'm not sure if such a thing as a browser "power user" exists (what would they do that I'm not doing?! :),  but if it does I doubt I'd qualify.

Here's my list of features that I think make Firefox 2 better than IE 7.

1. In Firefox, you can right-click on any link and either open it in a new tab, or in a new window (i.e., a new instance of the browser). Tabs are one of the most useful new features of both browsers, but IE7 only lets you open a link in a new instance of itself, not in a new tab.  (--- CORRECTION: An alert reader has just pointed out that IE7 does have this feature, you can even click your mouse wheel over a link and a new tab will open. Nice! BTW, I swear my IE7 didn't have this, maybe it was in the update I just ran? ---)
2. If the browser closes abruptly (in the case of a power outage, for example), when you reopen Firefox it asks if you want to re-initiate all of your previous sessions. With IE crashing so much, this is a feature it really should have.
3. Like many people, I’ve created a very simple HTML Home Page with my most used links. But every single #$%$% time I open IE7 it asks me if I really "want to allow scripts or ActiveX controls" (there are none!), and I have to click 3 (!) times to continue. I can't turn this control off! What a pain! Sure I can ask our IT expert how to fix this, but should I have to?
4. When you do a Ctrl-F (a search! Use your keyboard! :) in Firefox, as you type in letters it starts highlighting what it finds. This is very cool.
5. Firefox has a cleaner and more elegant management of Favorites.

That's all I can say for now. I'll add to this list as new items come up. Please send in comments and corrections!