With all the holes and security problems found in Internet Explorer lately, people have been looking for alternatives. Wired has an article on alternatives to IE. PC Magazine also chimes in. Personally, I use Mozilla Firefox.
You can enhance Firefox by installing extensions to add new features. Wired has an article on some of the most popular extensions. One of my favorites is Copy Plain Text. Mozilla Update has a comprehensive list of extensions.
holy crap! I’ve been looking for a Copy Plain Text function for years now! Thank you, librarymonk!