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Mozilla Firefox, the latest browser from Mozilla has enough elegance and functionality to help you kick your Internet Explorer addiction. With a download manager and bookmark-organization tool as standard you can also add several  tools from the Mozilla website to spell check, web browse and block ads etc.

MyIE2 Lite, an Internet Explorer add-on that allows you to easily navigate multiple browser windows, auto completes URLs, and cleans your cache, cookies and viewing history when you close the program.

AvantBrowser  uses a tab-style interface to keep track of several open browser windows. It also allows you to block Flash animation downloads, customize your toolbars, perform shortcuts with your mouse, and clean out your history with a single mouse click.

1st Page 2000 is a HTML editor that anyone, beginner or expert, can pick up and use almost immediately.

Trillian lets you use one program to send instant messages to people using IRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo. You can customize the look of the program with  skins.

Thunderbird is an email and newsgroup client which makes a good, safe alternative to Outlook Express.