I so do NOT miss Firefox!!

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Firefox is a convenient browser to have, because of the wealth of add-ons available to its users. But that's as far as it goes, right down to the last millimeter. Firefox gets so much unsubstantiated hype that it's sickening. For someone who has worked with computers as long as I have, it's amazing to see what people will say about Firefox in comparison with IE: http://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html If some of these people would actually open the task manager once in awhile, or pull out a stopwatch and start clicking, they would find out that IE is in fact the faster of the two, and lighter on system resources. But my machines have plenty of RAM, and are also not bogged down with antimalware (I secure Windows by locking the kernel); all this wasn't enough to disgust me with Firefox. I was practically dependent on a few of its add-ons, particularly Foxmarks. Foxmarks is still the best bookmark synchronizer I know of, and it's nice when your browser can update this list automatically, without you having to login and do it yourself. But Firefox is so not stable! If you don't transition from one page to the next within a matter of seconds from the last, the browser will sit for upwards of a minute with an empty meter. And this is not just a blue moon occasion; this is at least a few times a session! I've seen it in Bugzilla, and posted the problem myself. Mozilla replies with the same suggestions, and they fix nothing! Why should I have to click refresh multiple times just to get this stupid, lazy "fox" (funny how everything about the name "Firefox" suggests fast, not lazy) to budge? For awhile I even wanted to give Mozilla the benefit of the doubt, and assume myLot was the problem. MyLot does have its glitches from time to time, but two problems with this excuse still remain: 1) myLot isn't the only Web site that makes Firefox hang. 2) IE and Opera don't have this problem!!! It was in fact because of Firefox that I learned to copy everything I'd typed into myLot's submission box to the clipboard before clicking "start discussion," "preview response," or "post response." That, and the fact that I have to go back and edit once in awhile (paragraph spaces disappear when you go to edit). I've even tried uninstalling, cleaning up a bit, and reinstalling the browser; upgrading to the version 3 beta (big mistake); and practically everything else. I am convinced this problem is in no way related to corrupt files, or incompatibility with my hardware. Firefox behaves exactly the same, whether you use Windows XP, Vista, or Linux; on an Intel Celeron or an AMD Athlon 64 X2. Firefox is the problem, point-blank. And despite how the fanboys will swear up and down how much more responsive Mozilla is than MS, this problem is at least a year old. The problem started when I started using Firefox, not "somewhere down the line." I'm a repair technician; I do keep track of these things. With the help of SyncIT, all the bookmarks from my Foxmarks account were copied to IE in one shot. Firefox is still there, just in case. But for the first time in over a year, IE is my default browser again! And you know what? I'm not rolling my eyes or smacking my forehead anymore! I made the immigration back yesterday, and everything has been smooth sailing as I knew ahead of time it would be. This discussion I'm typing right now is on one of three tabs, and I have no idea how many times I have gone back to edit. Not once has IE needed to be "revived." Do I have any fellow Firefox refugees out there? Let's hear your horror stories!