Firefox For Dummies

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Firefox For Dummies gives you the inside scoop on the exciting new browser from the Web wizard that got it started. The book's author, Blake Ross, began developing Firefox as a teenager. Once available to the world, the simple and powerful tool was an instant hit claiming a sizable share of the Web browser market with over 140 million downloads. In this book Blake not only gives you the lowdown on how to use Firefox for safe Web searching, but he also shares his insight into how the product came to life. It's a combination of practical tech insight and a good story that is rare in computer books. Topics covered include downloading and installing Firefox, creating a home page, searching with Google, creating customized themes and toolbars, using tabbed browsing, downloading and saving files, maintaining security and privacy, eliminating annoying popups, and adding Firefox extensions. Author’s Acknowledgments......Page 9 Contents at a Glance......Page 11 Table of Contents......Page 13 About This Book......Page 23 How This Book Is Organized......Page 24 Icons Used in This Book......Page 25 Feedback......Page 26 Part I Getting Fired Up......Page 27 What Is a Browser, Anyway?......Page 29 Why Use Firefox?......Page 30 Wandering the Web......Page 41 Using the Firefox Interface......Page 45 Getting Firefox......Page 49 Installing Firefox with the Setup Wizard......Page 52 Importing Your Information......Page 53 Switching from Internet Explorer......Page 55 Switching from Apple Safari......Page 56 Reporting Broken Web Sites......Page 59 Part II Ready, Aim, Firefox......Page 63 Searching the Web with Firefox......Page 65 Finding Text within a Page......Page 73 Creating and Accessing Bookmarks......Page 77 Organizing Your Bookmarks......Page 90 Importing and Exporting Bookmarks......Page 95 Navigating Short-Term History......Page 99 Delving into Long-Term History......Page 102 Getting Started with Tabs......Page 109 Super Tabbing: Advanced Tips and Tricks......Page 114 Chapter 8 Filling In Forms Quickly......Page 121 Saving Your Sanity with Saved Forms......Page 122 Saving Login Information for Fast Access to Web Sites......Page 126 Blocking Popup Windows......Page 133 Viewing Blocked Popup Windows......Page 136 Chapter 10 E-Mailing with Thunderbird......Page 139 Setting Up Your E-Mail Account......Page 140 Receiving, Reading, and Searching E-Mail......Page 144 Composing E-Mails......Page 147 Creating an Address Book......Page 153 Blocking Junk Mail......Page 154 Getting Additional Help with Thunderbird......Page 157 Downloading Music, Pictures, and Other Files......Page 159 Saving Web Sites......Page 168 Using the Download Manager......Page 169 Chapter 12 Printing Web Pages......Page 175 Using Print Preview......Page 176 Configuring Print Options and Printing a Web Site......Page 184 Using the Help Window......Page 191 Getting Help on the Web......Page 194 Part III Outfoxing Hackers......Page 197 Chapter 14 Clearing Your Tracks......Page 199 Using the Clear Private Data Feature......Page 200 Working One-on-One with Your Data......Page 203 Phishing, Pharming, and Phriends......Page 213 Using the PwdHash Extension......Page 226 Preventing Spyware and Viruses......Page 229 Staying Up-to-Date......Page 231 Part IV Dressing Up the Fox......Page 235 Chapter 16 Setting Your Options......Page 237 Using the Options Window......Page 238 Oodles of Options......Page 240 Going to the Theme Park......Page 251 Ensuring Theme Compatibility......Page 253 Installing and Applying Themes......Page 254 Updating Themes......Page 255 Uninstalling Themes......Page 256 Changing the Items on Your Toolbars......Page 257 Adding, Hiding, and Removing Toolbars......Page 264 Changing the Appearance of Your Toolbar Buttons......Page 266 Restoring the Default Configuration......Page 268 Enlarging and Shrinking Text......Page 269 Changing Web Site Colors......Page 272 Changing How Firefox Displays Images......Page 274 Viewing Web Sites in Full Screen Mode......Page 276 Chapter 20 Extending Firefox......Page 279 Finding Great Extensions......Page 280 Installing Extensions......Page 282 Using Extensions......Page 285 Managing Your Extensions......Page 286 Part V The Part of Tens......Page 289 The Find Bar Can Read Your Mind......Page 291 Stopping Annoying Web Sites in Their Tracks......Page 293 Making Your Privacy a One-Button Affair......Page 294 Put It on My Tab!......Page 295 Bookmarklets: The Baby Extensions......Page 296 A Home for Every Occasion......Page 297 Name That Bookmark!......Page 298 Enjoying a Speedier Search......Page 299 Feng Shui for Your Toolbars......Page 300 The Scroll Wheel: Not Just for Scrolling......Page 303 Before Getting Started......Page 305 Gaining Peace of Mind with SessionSaver......Page 306 StumbleUpon the Web’s Best Secrets......Page 307 A New Way to Surf with Mouse Gestures......Page 309 Playing Music without Leaving Firefox......Page 312 The Web Your Way with Greasemonkey......Page 314 Managing Bookmarks More Efficiently......Page 317 Keeping an Eye on Your Downloads......Page 318 Making the World’s Largest Scrapbook......Page 319 Honey, I Shrunk the Link!......Page 321 The File Menu......Page 323 The Edit Menu......Page 328 The View Menu......Page 331 The Go Menu......Page 335 The Bookmarks Menu......Page 337 The Tools Menu......Page 338 The Help Menu......Page 341 Navigation......Page 345 Tabbed Browsing......Page 347 Text Editing and Selection......Page 348 Searching a Page......Page 349 Searching the Web......Page 350 Loading Web Addresses......Page 351 Opening and Closing Windows and Sidebars......Page 352 Miscellaneous......Page 353 Accessing Web Site Elements with the Keyboard......Page 354 Getting to Know Drag-and-Drop......Page 359 Getting to the Good Stuff......Page 360 Extending Drag-and-Drop Further......Page 363 Index......Page 365