Firefox versus Safari? And how do I uninstall Firefox?

I've always only used Safari. Firefox has been recommended to me in case I have to reinstall OS X while on the road and unable to update beyond the 10.4.6 of my retail OS X install disk. See:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1897928&tstart=0
I went to this Firefox link to download 3.0.6 for my G4 as well. (No problems, I trust, for me to install it onto our iBook which currently just has Safari.)
Our G4 has on it Firefox 3.03b, a beta version that was downloaded for me by the Apple consultant who updated my computer a year ago.
How do I get rid of this old, beta version to install the new version. Mind you, I never have used Firefox on the G4, but I figured I might as well test it out at home before we hit the road.
I tried to search for uninstall Firefox on the link above (while using Safari) and I kept getting warnings that Safari was slow and couldn't do this (or something like that - I admit, I just baled out of the search and got off the site before I copied down the warning and I don't want to go there again!)
Am I just asking for trouble by installing the newer version of Firefox onto the G4? Should I just uninstall the beta Firefox and stick with Safari?
Mrs H

Mrs H wrote:
Carolyn Samit wrote:
Yes, use AppDelete to make sure you don't have any left over components of the beta version. The components on the beta version for Mac OS 9 could corrupt your newer Firefox application. The fewer associated files on the drive, the better.
Actually the beta version is for OS X; it never came in contact with my OS 9 which is on a different, separate drive. I wondered if it could possibly have done so on its own - since I recall when I was using only OS 9 and switched from whatever the earlier version had been to Mozilla, it found all the old bookmarks and just picked them up without my even asking it to.
Looks like once you pay for AppDelete you can update it without paying each time? I assume it's as easy as it looks?
Thanks again from the ever cautious,
Mrs H
HI Mrs. H,
Always good to be cautious! I hear you loud and clear.
It's as easy as it looks. Reggie Ashworth wrote this application and you can download and use the trial version if you wish. http://reggie.ashworth.googlepages.com/appdelete
Carolyn

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