Shoe, I use FF. And yes, Jo Ann and I have talked long and hard about all of this.
However I have a Mac, and am not much help when talking outside my realm. I know nothing about IE.
I can tell you about Safari though and it's not worth a nickel when it comes to placing photos or working in an editor program. I used to switch back and forth, but for a long time have only used FF.
I love the blog feature as it is, but then I've worked in editor programs of all kinds, so usually I can find my niche. I'd actually rather have the blog program than the regular threads because I can manipulate photos and text much more easily.
. . . which is not a bit of help to anybody else, unfortunately.
Sorry.