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Firefox For Dummies

ISBN: 0471748994
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2006
Pages: 157

Authors: Blake Ross

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• Table of Contents
• Back Cover
• Firefox For Dummies
• Introduction
• How This Book Is Organized
• Icons Used in This Book
• Contentions
• Feedback
• Part I: Getting Fired Up
• Chapter 1: Why You Should Fire Your Old Browser
• Why Use Firefox?
• Chapter 2: Finding Your Way Around Firefox
• A Browser Is Not a Search Engine
• Using the Firefox Interface
• Chapter 3: Setting Up Firefox
• Getting Firefox
• Installing Firefox with the Setup Wizard
• Importing Your Information
• Switching from Internet Explorer
• Switching from Apple Safari
• Reporting Broken Web Sites
• Part II: Ready, Aim, Firefox
• Chapter 4: Finding Information Online
• Finding Text within a Page
• Chapter 5: Bookmarking Great Sites
• Organizing Your Bookmarks
• Importing and Exporting Bookmarks
• Chapter 6: Returning to Sites You ve Visited
• Navigating Short-Term History
• Delving into Long-Term History
• Chapter 7: Browsing with Tabs
• Super Tabbing: Advanced Tips and Tricks
• Chapter 8: Filling In Forms Quickly
• Saving Your Sanity with Saved Forms
• Saving Login Information for Fast Access to Web Sites
• Chapter 9: Blocking Popup Ads
• Viewing Blocked Popup Windows
• Chapter 10: E-Mailing with Thunderbird
• Setting Up Your E-Mail Account
• Receiving, Reading, and Searching E-Mail
• Composing E-Mails
• Creating an Address Book
• Blocking Junk Mail
• Getting Additional Help with Thunderbird
• Chapter 11: Downloading and Saving Files
• Downloading Music, Pictures, and Other Files
• Saving Web Sites
• Using the Download Manager
• Chapter 12: Printing Web Pages
• Using Print Preview
• Configuring Print Options and Printing a Web Site
• Chapter 13: Finding Additional Help
• Getting Help on the Web
• Part III: Outfoxing Hackers
• Chapter 14: Clearing Your Tracks
• Using the Clear Private Data Feature
• Working One-on-One with your Data
• Chapter 15: Staying Safe Online
• Using the PwdHash Extension
• Preventing Spyware and Viruses
• Staying Up-to-Date
• Part IV: Dressing Up the Fox
• Chapter 16: Setting Your Options
• Using the Options Window
• Oodles of Options
• Chapter 17: Finding Your Dream Theme
• Ensuring Theme Compatibility
• Installing and Applying Themes
• Updating Themes
• Troubleshooting Themes
• Uninstalling Themes
• Chapter 18: Tailoring Your Toolbars
• Adding, Hiding, and Removing Toolbars
• Changing the Appearance of Your Toolbar Buttons
• Restoring the Default Configuration
• Chapter 19: Controlling the Way Web Sites Look
• Changing Web Site Colors
• Changing How Firefox Displays Images
• Viewing Web Sites in Full Screen Mode
• Chapter 20: Extending Firefox
• Finding Great Extensions
• Ensuring Extension Compatibility
• Installing Extensions
• Using Extensions
• Managing Your Extensions
• Part V: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 21: Ten Secrets to a Foxier Web
• Stopping Annoying Web Sites in Their Tracks
• Making Your Privacy a One-Button Affair
• Put It on My Tab
• Bookmarklets: The Baby Extensions
• A Home for Every Occasion
• Name That Bookmark
• Enjoying a Speedier Search
• Feng Shui for Your Toolbars
• The Scroll Wheel: Not Just for Scrolling
• Chapter 22: The Ten Best Firefox Extensions
• Gaining Peace of Mind with SessionSaver
• StumbleUpon the Web s Best Secrets
• Kissing Ads Goodbye with AdBlock
• A New Way to Surf with Mouse Gestures
• Playing Music without Leaving Firefox
• The Web Your Way with Greasemonkey
• Managing Bookmarks More Efficiently
• Keeping an Eye on Your Downloads
• Making the World s Largest Scrapbook
• Honey, I Shrunk the Link
• Appendix A: Firefox Menu Reference
• The Edit Menu
• The View Menu
• The Go Menu
• The Bookmarks Menu
• The Tools Menu
• The Help Menu
• Appendix B: Firefox Keyboard Reference
• Navigation
• Tabbed Browsing
• Text Editing and Selection
• Searching a Page
• Searching the Web
• Loading Web Addresses
• Opening and Closing Windows and Sidebars
• Miscellaneous
• Accessing Web Site Elements with the Keyboard
• Appendix C: Firefox Drag-and-Drop Reference
• Getting to the Good Stuff
• Extending Drag-and-Drop Further
• Index
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W-X
• Y
• Z
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Sidebars