Section 2.8. Where to Learn More

2.8. Where to Learn More

At the official site for Mozilla Firefox, you can download the browser, read the release notes, or even buy stuff from the Mozilla Store (a good idea, by the way, as it helps out the Mozilla Organization). Firefox Help also contains a wealth of vital information, including FAQs, tips `n tricks, keyboard and mouse shortcuts, and much, much more.

Mozilla Firefox

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Firefox Help

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/

2.8.1. Companion Sites

Several good companion sites to the official site exist, providing different services to the Firefox community. Spread Firefox works aggressively to get the word out about your favorite web browser. The excellent mozillaZine provides a Knowledge Base and also hosts discussions about everything Firefox-related.

Spread Firefox

http://www.spreadfirefox.com

mozillaZine

http://kb.mozillazine.org

http://forums.mozillazine.org

2.8.2. Troubleshooting

Firefox should import your bookmarks from IE without a problem; however, if the Import Wizard doesn't work, check out mozillaZine's "Firefox : FAQs : Import IE Bookmarks." If you instead want to import bookmarks from the Opera web browser (you can read more about Opera in Appendix A), follow the advice given in "Firefox : FAQs : Importing Opera Bookmarks."

If you set Firefox as your default web browser using the procedure in the Section 2.2.2 of this chapter, but for some reason it's not working, read mozillaZine's article "Setting Your Default Browser."

mozillaZine's "Firefox : FAQs : Import IE Bookmarks"

http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Firefox_:_FAQs_:_Import_IE_Bookmarks

mozillaZine's "Firefox : FAQs : Importing Opera Bookmarks"

http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Firefox_:_FAQs_:_Importing_Opera_Bookmarks

mozillaZine's "Setting Your Default Browser"

http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Setting_Your_Default_Browser

2.8.3. Profiles

A lot has been written about Mozilla's profile system. mozillaZine's "Profile Folder" is a great overview of the contents of the Firefox profile and how to access and use it. The piece is well worth a read. If you want more information about the files in your profile, read Gemal's "Files in your Mozilla profile directory" or Mozilla's release notes (yes, these are both about Mozilla, not Firefox, but the two programs are close enough that a lot of the files are exactly the same).

mozillaZine's "Profile Folder"

http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.phtml?title=Profile_Folder

Gemal's "Files in your Mozilla profile directory"

http://gemal.dk/mozilla/files.html

Mozilla's release notes

http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.7/installation.html#files

2.8.4. MozBackup

MozBackup has a pretty bare-bones site, but I'd check back every month or so to see how the application is progressing.

MozBackup home page

http://backup.jasnapaka.com