Scott
As far as I know, you can not get rid of IE from your computer. And you do not want to!
There are some websites that only load properly in IE, maybe 5% of the websites, or less. But you need to keep IE to open those odd sites. Maybe your banking site, or whatever.
In fact, I recommend the Firefox extension "Open Page in IE". Once you install this extension in Firefox, it lets you right click a link and choose to open it in Internet Explorer, instead of Firefox. Very useful for those odd pages that won't load correctly in Firefox.
There are many, many excellent extensions available for Firefox. Spend some time choosing the ones that will help you the most. I like Image Zoom, Tiny URL Creator, Down Them All, Print Preview, and more.
Tom G.
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