Why Can't Firefox Uninstall Itself Completely?

I use MZ components because I appreciate the options to closed apps such as Outlook, IE, etc. However, one thing that bugs the heck out of me is the inability to completely remove itself when so directed. If an app like Firefox knows how and where to install itself, why the heck can't it completely uninstall itself?
I recently completed a clean install of W7-64b on a new machine and added Firefox 10. Experiencing an issue, I uninstalled it (or so I thought). From that point on, new installs froze the system and produced random issues of lockup. Checking the registry I found remnants everywhere even after asking to completely remove personal files, history - whatever. Removing all the remnants and reinstalling fixed the problem.
Like I said above, if you know where you're publishing during the install, why can't you also make sure you go back and remove everything when directed?
As a workaround, at least publish a checklist for following up to make sure all registry entries and directories are removed.

Delta Search in NO way comes with firefox, unless you downloaded a bogus firefox, always download from mozilla.org

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