Agree to a point...
There's a big problem with Firefox these days - drives me fucking crazy! Copy/Paste to/from Firefox is a total game of chance - http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2723981. I hate that! Can't live with it. This annoyance was introduced somewhere around V21 and has been plaguing the browser ever since. I love Firefox, and its addons/extensions are brilliant, but with the introduction of their rapid version deployment scheme of introducing updates, things have become a little dicey and it almost feels like the public have become the beta testers.
All that said, I still think Firefox is the browser that renders websites the absolute best.
But I had to make a move to Chrome. It is, with only some very minor - almost imperceptible - nuances, every bit as capable as Firefox in rendering a webpage correctly. It has extensions that are equally brilliant to those found in Firefox. Only problem I have with Chrome, is the inflexible manner in which it handles opening webpages in new tabs. Beyond that, I would be equally happy in Chrome or Firefox. But lets face it, Google services are becoming increasingly prevalent, and I would suspect that Chrome, if any browser, will be the one showing the least amount of issues with those services.
for those of you who insist that Internet Explorer is just fine, I urge you to install Google Chrome on your computer and then run it side-by-side with Internet Explorer. Visit the sites you enjoy a on a daily basis using Internet Explorer, but also copy/paste the URL between browsers so you can see what a website looks like in Chrome. I think you will be quite surprised. Websites simply look better in Firefox and Chrome. Since you never see them in any other browser, you remain clueless. Chunky peanut butter is "just fine" until you discover the creamy goodness of smooth peanut butter (or vice versa if you are so inclined.)
Web developers have known this all along. We fight a daily battle against Internet Explorer, and the way Microsoft has time and time again ignored the standards that have been established for the rendering of HTML and CSS by modern Internet browsers. When a new version of Internet Explorer is released, it is first scrutinized to determine what remains "broken" in relation to the standards, and what hacks will be necessary to at least allow a decent experience for the IE user.
A good example is found in the following article. Ignore the geek speak, I've already pulled out and highlighted the most important statement found in the article, at least for the purposes of our discussion in this forum: http://www.impressivewebs.com/ie10-css-hacks/
Internet Explorer 10 is, by all accounts, the closest Microsoft has come to an actual standards-compliant browser. But I think it will still be a while before all of the workarounds start surfacing.
In the meantime, for those systems where Microsoft is pushing IE10 into your update list, my recommendation is, "Take it!" because it will contain additional Internet security components that would be beneficial to Windows in general. But when it comes to getting out there on the Internet, use Google Chrome or Firefox. You will be happier!