How to get rid of IE?
Removing Internet Explorer is not really possible (or if it is, you'll have a really hard time doing it). By “drop” we mean “don't use it”. You can completely remove Internet Explorer if you completely remove Windows and switch to another operating system. Although this is out of the scope of this website, we have to point out that quitting using Windows is not as hard as it seems. The guys at The Microsoft Eradication Society have done a good job linking to hundreds of other operating systems.
Installing a new browser is very easy. All browsers come with appropriate installation programs designed to be used by anyone who has at least a tangential touch with computers.
There is a single but major difficulty which you may encounter using a new browser. We discuss about it below.
Poorly designed pages
Many websites or home pages were “designed” only with IE in mind. For this reason they will look poor in other browsers, despite the fact that those browsers provide better support for Web standards (or simply put, are better). It's like you have a shiny new car and remark that it works poorly with 10 years old gas. Who would you blame, the car, or the gas?
This doesn't have to discourage you. If you encounter such pages, you should write an email to the FIXME: evanghelism and to the site administrator, and point out that his site could be so much better if he would design it with Web standards. Just let him know that you can't see his page from your mobile phone which has Opera installed.
If you find that your own site doesn't work proper with a standards compliant browser, switching back to IE is not a solution. It's like you'd fall back to your old truck because the shiny new car doesn't work with old gas. You should ask your web designer to develop a better site for you.
Which browser to choose?
We compiled a list of modern browsers, all of them being actively maintained and improved. Before you go there, though, please read this section.
Our choice is Mozilla. We do not want to enforce our choice. We do not want to advertize on this and promote Mozilla, nor do we want to promote any other browser.
But we do advocate Web standards. Of all current browsers, Mozilla is--literally--the best one in terms of standards compliance. Coincidentally, Mozilla also does an excellent job at rendering dumb pages (what we were talking previously). So, to have a painless transition to a standards compliant browser, but only for this reason, we do recommend Mozilla. Other browsers will improve too, because they are still developed, unlike Internet Explorer, so they also are a better choice than IE.