InquisitorFirefox gets all of the cool plug-ins and is the browser I use most often. However, if I am simply browsing the web and want the fastest possible response, I pick Safari on the Mac. It is noticebly faster than Firefox. There are a few add-ons for Safari. A cool must-have add-on is a little free program call Inquisitor. It's like Spotlight for the web. Just start typing and links to websites pop-up immediately along with ideas to refine your search. It'll autocomplete your words and you can add more search engines to Safari with customized keyboard shortcuts.

To the left is a search I started for Mount Holyoke College. As you can see it shows you some of the top results, most popular related search queries, how many results and then links to other search engines or sites such as Flickr, Wikipedia, IMDB and Dictionary.com. This is a fantastic tool for research.