Ok I downloaded it finally after all the comments...am feeling totally lost of course. Can someone tell me is there a way to have buttons...eg for GIH, on the actual toolbar like I did with ie.
With IE I had a google toolbar with many buttons for favourite sites on one line, also if I liked a site, I could add the button to the google/ie toolbar. Can't seem to figure this all out. Impatient too.

Oops forgot...
Which is the best translator to use on it, i saw some in a list?
Any other add ons that are really useful in your experience?

I am replying to myself...found the google toolbar, yup it can be added...Feels a bit more familiar now.

Try add on Xmarks.

Allows bookmarks to be made and synchronised/shared accross PCs.

Has a toolbar with most visited, etc plus you can add your own. Appear as tabs in the toolbar under the folder groupings of your choice.

Click on view in Firefox & select bookmarks tool bar. All your favourite web sites will appear on the toolbar

I have tried Opera since Microsoft informed us of other options and its a really good interface. I found Firefox a little limited.