Originally Posted by mayonaise

np.. i write all my code by hand, too. especially with CSS, it's not really possible (yet) for a WYSIWYG editor to handle all of the advanced things. but in all honesty, if you really want to learn more about CSS and web development, you're not going to learn a whole lot and it'll mostly be incorrect if you stick with your ie-is-good-enough mentality. it doesn't hurt to develop web pages that work in as many browsers as possible - you're just maximizing the accessibility potential of your site. if you do choose to do this, you'll realize how much of a bitch it is to develop for IE, NOT the other way around. most CSS and javascript will work fine in firefox/opera/konqueror/safari when you code it one way - this is how it should be. then you put it into IE and everything goes to hell.

firefox is a great browser, but i wouldn't say firefox > *... i will say that * > IE, tho.