XP Crash, Browser Sampling

Last week my PC crashed hard. I was able to back everything up, so no sweat. Anyways, it gave me the chance to re-evaluate some web browsers. Here's what I found.

• Avant: Quick, streamlined, only one that utilizes custom hosts files to block adservers but crashes CONSTANTLY.
• Opera: Real quick, nice addons, but can't do scripts like the dropdown menus on mouse hover at amazon.com. Or even the secondary Inbox link on Yahoo! Mail. Also, can't get your homepage on a new tab. You're stuck with the speed dial (which wastes an extra click) unless you fanangle an *.ini file.
• IE8: It's the standard, albeit bloated and a tad slower than the rest. It's set as my default browser only for compatibility issues when an application wants to open a web page. With all the linux cockjobs targeting it, I at least feel it's equivalent to walking through a driving range.
• Orca: Haven't really tried this one too much, but I think it's written from the same code as Avant. Besides, my favorite now is...
  
• Firefox: The one I'm using now. Quick, compatible and not as bloated or ridden with memory leaks as previous builds were. Lots of useful addons to, especially adblocker and FLASHBLOCKER YAY!

Of course there's Slimbrowser, Google Chrome, Netscape, etc, etc. But Firefox is the one I'm sticking with right now.