If you decide to upgrade to Firefox 31 be aware that it is beset with some huge privacy issues, like this one.
The short summary is that nearly every file you download is sent to Google (and thus the NSA &c.) by Firefox.
If that doesn’t worry you – which it should on principle – then I guess go on right ahead with that. But if it does worry you, instructions on how to turn it off are in the link.
zomg the first line in your linked article:
Clearly what this is not about is malware.
Lori, back in 1996 or so I thought the internet would last about 15 years. I was off a bit, but about what I thought would happen given human nature and corporate power is now happening.
Sometimes, I wish I were dumber.
And more modest. 😉