Firefox

It "working for you and not against you" in this case is mostly down to just getting used to it. It's the same issue people have switching to Linux. Linux is the better and easier option, but if you expect it to work exactly like Windows then you'll have a bad time. If you attempt to learn how it works then it's great.

Firefox is fairly customizable, but most of that's hidden and you need to do some searching online and digging. You can also use something like Floorp.