I like firefox the best. I've always had issues with IE. IE tend to close by its self and its freezes on me and yea. The only thing I don't like about firefox is its lack of compatability with some html codes such as scrollbars and stuff like that. It gets annoying when doing coding and web designing.
I started in neopets lol, making banners and such. Then from there I self taught my self from google. I've only taken one class, but it was pretty much just a review (it was REALLY basic HTML though). I'm still learning more though. =]
I like real player the best. You can play music, watch videos, buy music and movies and music videos right form the player. Its free, and you can do a lot more with it then just music!