OK, still not convinced? If any of my non-techie friends and family are reading this, install it and I will help you with any technical questions you have in using it vs. your current browser.
There are some pretty nice features in Firefox that Safari or IE don't have, but the best one is the address bar. They are keeping track of which links you visit most often and surface those at the top of the auto-complete menu as you type. They also search on all keywords in the URL and title of the page, so it's easier to get to a page in your browser history. I've always been a huge fan of weighted auto-complete lists like this; in fact my one of the designs I'm proudest of was this very feature for addressing messages in Outlook Express for Mac and Entourage. I then designed an auto-complete bar for Yahoo! Messenger 9 that greatly simplified the interface and made it a lot easier to start conversations with people both in your Messenger list and your address book.
But I digress. Download Firefox 3 now.
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