Firefox - The Web Browser
Firefox Index
Firefox is 'Web browser software' - you use it to view web pages: at first glance, it's similar to Internet Explorer. For home use, download it from the Mozilla web site.
Firefox 4's Interface
By default, Firefox's menu bar is collapsed into an orange shape at top left. If you'd like a conventional menu:
- Select the orange shape
- Look for and select 'Options'
- Select 'Menu bar'
Firefox's menu bar should now appear. It can be hidden once more - select 'View/Toolbars' and remove the tick from 'Menubar'.
Firefox 4 and 'Reload page'
It's moved to the right hand end of the 'Address bar'. You might like to put it back next to the 'Back' and 'Forward' controls:
- Look to the toolbar containing the address bar.
- Look carefully for a 'Neutral' place on the toolbar and right click it. Then, from the context menu 'Customise'.
- A panel appears - but look back to the menu bar itself and the 'Reload' control now appears to the right of the address bar.
- Drag it from that location and drop it to the left of the address bar and that is where it will stay.
Help with Firefox
Why use Firefox? It's easy to use. It also offers a range of features that are a good fit to academic and productive working methods. If you need insight into how web sites work, Firefox provides a range of teaching, learning and productivity tools
- Introduction
- Basic information about 'Firefox'
- Security
- If you ask 'Firefox' to save passwords, set a master password as protection: here's how
- Using Browser Tabs
- Browser tabs allow you an easier and more structured approach to using the web
- 'Firefox' and Bookmarks, including 'Live Bookmark' info
- Bookmarks help you to revisit pages: Firefox's implementation puts you in charge of them. 'Live bookmarks' allow you to speed up your access to news rich sites.
- Context Menu Search
- A right mouse click allows you to search the web on any word or phrase in a web page
- Find as you type
- This allows you to search for text within the current web page
- Popup Blocking
- 'Firefox' blocks those intrusive unrequested popup windows
- Printing from 'Firefox'
- Like most browsers, 'Firefox' provides a 'Print preview' window so you can check what you'll be printing
- Using 'Firefox' Themes
- You can download 'Themes' to change the appearance of Firefox.
- Using Extensions
- Extensions allow you to add your own choice of additional features to the 'Firefox' web browser
- Firefox and 'Webmail'
- Notes on using Firefox with your email account via 'Webmail'.
- Firefox and NTLM authentication
- This saves you time by reusing the fact that you've logged into a network to log you into other resources - such as the applications server.
- 'Firefox' and 'Minerva'
- Here's info on using Firefox with the VLE - 'Minerva'.
- Firefox , teaching and learning:
- There's a couple of Firefox tweaks that are useful to remember when using the software with a class
- Firefox and web authoring:
- If you're writing web pages, 'Firefox' provides tools that improve your work, your insightfulness, and your understanding of the web.
- Firefox's Page Inspector
- Firefox 10 introduces a new tool that you can use to learn about how web pages work.
Mark Annand • Site updated April 12th 2013 • Site Counter:
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