Julee- It isn't as if you have to "switch over" to Firefox exactly. You can use BOTH browsers. I have BOTH my AOL IE 7 browser open right now and also have Firefox open on another site. You don't have to give up anything to use an additional browser like Firefox or Google Chrome. Use whichever works best for any given Web site. I always use Firefox for Facebook and its apps just because I find it to be faster and it works better there. For some other sites I just use the AOL browser. I've even been known to have the same Web site open at the same time on both browsers and move back and forth between them. Joan In a message dated 1/3/2010 6:17:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, sugarfoot1@aol.com writes: thank you joan and everyone who had advice to give. i'll be switching over to firefox rather than upgrading to msie 8. i should have done a long time ago but always had the feeling that firefox didn't always want to play nice with aol. you've given me the encouraging words to switch with confidence now! thanks again! julee