OK, I know there is Chrome and Opera, et. al. but this post is regarding Firefox vs I.E.
Many have their favorites. I prefer Firefox for many reasons, but, unfortunately, there are times that Microsoft makes you use I.E.
There have been some issues logging in and staying logged in. I know some of these steps are obvious but,
1. You must click on Remember me after you log in.
2. While Internet Explorer has a feature to remember the password, it is terrible at best.
3. Firefox's feature to recall your username and login is vastly superior.
4. There are many 3rd party programs that will take care of this for you. Roboform is just one, and is very good.
ONE HUGE ADVANTAGE OF FIREFOX over I.E. is that it will spell check your posts as you type, something that is not available on the board (that I am aware of.