Are you using GNOME or KDE? If you are using GNOME then I may have an answer, if you are using KDE I have an answer
In KDE 2+ there is the Konqueror file/web browser. This seems to work oddly similar to Internet Explorer(sorry for the scary somparison). Yes I have had it crash a couple of times(on really odd things) but it seems to be a whole lot better than Netscape.
I am not really familar with GNOME but in theory since you can run KDE apps in GNOME and vice/versa. You should(but probably not) be able to run Konqueror in GNOME.
If you get a chance give it a try
Oh and please dont flame me about suggesting Konqueror :P