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Chapter 1: Why You Should Fire Your Old Browser

Figure 1-1: Firefox includes just the features you need, making the Web the center of attention.
Figure 1-2: Firefox pioneers a new, clutter-free method of surfing called tabbed browsing. It's a favorite among users.
Figure 1-3: Search for anything from anywhere by using the Search Box in the corner of Firefox.
Figure 1-4: Firefox's revolutionary Find Bar automatically finds text on a page as you type.
Figure 1-5: Firefox's Clear Private Data feature lets you clear all your browsing records with a keystroke.
Figure 1-6: Who said software had to be ugly? Choose from hundreds of Firefox themes.
Figure 1-7: Extensions add new features, such as weather information, to Firefox.
Figure 1-8: The Download Manager makes it easy to keep an eye on your downloads and open them when they finish.
Figure 1-9: Firefox can update your bookmarks automatically, so stay where you are: The info comes to you.

Chapter 2: Finding Your Way Around Firefox

Figure 2-1: The Online-Comics site contains links to comics from dozens of genres, including Political and Supernatural. (Are those really different?)
Figure 2-2: The most popular search engine, Google, can find thousands of useful pages on any topic imaginable.
Figure 2-3: My Yahoo! combines many types of information onto a single page that you can set as your home page.
Figure 2-4: This is the main Firefox window you use while surfing.
Figure 2-5: The History Sidebar displays your history list so you can keep track of where you are and revisit sites.
Figure 2-6: The Bookmarks Sidebar allows you to access and search your favorite sites quickly.
Figure 2-7: The Find Bar opens at the bottom of the window, so it never gets in the way of your searching.

Chapter 3: Setting Up Firefox

Figure 3-1: The Firefox Setup Wizard in Windows.
Figure 3-2: The Firefox disk image on a Macintosh.
Figure 3-3: The Import Wizard automatically finds and displays the browsers installed on your computer.
Figure 3-4: Firefox can practically replicate your previous browser by importing everything from bookmarks to saved passwords.
Figure 3-5: It normally takes less than a minute to import your data. When you see this screen, you're ready to use Firefox.
Figure 3-6: The Reporting Wizard collects and sends primitive information about your version of Firefox, as the Privacy Policy describes.
Figure 3-7: The Reporting Wizard asks for a brief description of the problem. Only the Problem Type field is required.
Figure 3-8: Click Show Details to see the full report once it has been sent.

Chapter 4: Finding Information Online

Figure 4-1: The default Firefox home page offers instant access to all kinds of Google searching.
Figure 4-2: You can search by using the Search Box in the upper-right corner of the window.
Figure 4-3: You can choose from a variety of search engines by clicking the icon.
Figure 4-4: Here's where you can select a different search engine for the Search Box.
Figure 4-5: Finding a stock value.
Figure 4-6: Enter text in the Find Bar.
Figure 4-7: This phrase isn't found.
Figure 4-8: The page end was reached.

Chapter 5: Bookmarking Great Sites

Figure 5-1: Bookmark sites to return to them quickly.
Figure 5-2: Some Web sites offer self-updating news feeds.
Figure 5-3: The Bookmarks Toolbar.
Figure 5-4: These bookmarks overflowed.
Figure 5-5: The Bookmarks menu is the most common way to access your bookmarks.
Figure 5-6: The Bookmarks Sidebar provides quick access to all your bookmarks.
Figure 5-7: You can search your bookmarks from the Bookmarks Sidebar.
Figure 5-8: Open multiple bookmarks with the Open in Tabs command.
Figure 5-9: Firefox allows you to display any Web site in a sidebar so you don't have to leave the Web site you're viewing.
Figure 5-10: The Bookmarks Manager is a simple interface for managing your bookmarks.

Chapter 6: Returning to Sites You've Visited

Figure 6-1: The Back button is lit up, but the Forward button is grayed out.
Figure 6-2: Right-clicking the Back button opens a menu of sites you've visited recently.
Figure 6-3: The History Sidebar allows you to search and access all of the Web sites you have visited in the past nine days.
Figure 6-4: The Date view organizes Web sites into alphabetical lists by title and groups them in folders by the date you visited them.
Figure 6-5: The Last Visited view organizes your Web sites into one long list ordered by when you last visited them.
Figure 6-6: Type a word or phrase into the Search text box to search your history quickly.
Figure 6-7: Right-click a folder and choose Delete to delete everything within the folder.
Figure 6-8: The Clear Private Data window allows you to instantly clear any or all of the info Firefox stores about your browsing habits.

Chapter 7: Browsing with Tabs

Figure 7-1: You can open multiple Web sites in a single window. To access a site, click its tab in the bar directly above the Content area.
Figure 7-2: When you open a Web site in a new tab, an animation appears until the page has finished loading.
Figure 7-3: If you have multiple home pages, each page opens in a separate tab.
Figure 7-4: You can open all the bookmarks in a folder at once by choosing the Open in Tabs menu item at the bottom.

Chapter 8: Filling In Forms Quickly

Figure 8-1: Registering for an eBay account takes just a few seconds thanks to automatic form filling.
Figure 8-2: Automatic form filling helps you repeat common searches at your favorite search engine.
Figure 8-3: Clearing saved form data.
Figure 8-4: Firefox asks whether to save a password when you log in to a Web site.
Figure 8-5: Multiple saved user-names at Mozilla Zine.org.
Figure 8-6: A Master Password gives you both automatic password entry and peace of mind.
Figure 8-7: The Password Manager.

Chapter 9: Blocking Popup Ads

Figure 9-1: A notification bar and a Status Bar icon alert you when Firefox blocks a popup window.
Figure 9-2: If you hide the popup blocked notification bar, you can turn it back on later by using the Status Bar icon.
Figure 9-3: Firefox displays a menu item beginning with the word Show for each blocked popup window.
Figure 9-4: Just say "no" to popups. Select the sites for which you want Firefox to start blocking popups again.

Chapter 10: E-Mailing with Thunderbird

Figure 10-1: The Thunderbird Account Wizard.
Figure 10-2: The Server Information screen of the Account Wizard.
Figure 10-3: The main Thunderbird window.
Figure 10-4: The List pane contains a wealth of information about each message.
Figure 10-5: Using the Search Box, you can find that old e-mail quickly if you remember who sent it or a phrase it contains.
Figure 10-6: The Compose window.
Figure 10-7: The Contacts Sidebar helps you address an e-mail quickly.
Figure 10-8: Thunderbird's integrated spell-checking feature helps you avoid sloppy e-mails.
Figure 10-9: Build your address book quickly and easily from the Message pane.
Figure 10-10: Thunderbird notifies you prominently when it identifies junk mail.

Chapter 11: Downloading and Saving Files

Figure 11-1: Firefox asks you how to handle a file when you begin downloading it.
Figure 11-2: This little window slides up above the Windows clock each time a download completes.
Figure 11-3: The Download Actions window provides an overview of default down loading actions.
Figure 11-4: Hmm. Something must be missing here. Click the puzzle piece to retrieve the missing plug-in.
Figure 11-5: The plug-in installation wizard walks you through the process of installing a missing plug-in when you encounter a site that needs it.
Figure 11-6: You can tweak Firefox's downloading behavior or change when the Download Manager appears.
Figure 11-7: The Download Manager provides a simple interface for accessing both ongoing and finished downloads.

Chapter 12: Printing Web Pages

Figure 12-1: The Print Preview window.
Figure 12-2: At its original size, this Illinois train route diagram is cut off when printed …
Figure 12-3: … but when you scale it down to 50%, it fits.
Figure 12-4: In Portrait mode, you see only half of this large auditorium…
Figure 12-5: … but in Landscape mode, both halves of the room are visible.
Figure 12-6: The Margins & Header/Footer tab in the Page Setup window.
Figure 12-7: On framed pages, you can pick which frame to print. In this case, you can avoid printing the ad at the top by printing only the bottom frame.
Figure 12-8: If the Web site's contextual menu has a This Frame submenu, the site uses frames, and you can use the print-by-frame method.
Figure 12-9: Without collated printing, Firefox prints all the copies of page 1, then all the copies of page 2, and so on …
Figure 12-10: … but with collated printing, Firefox prints each complete set one at a time.

Chapter 13: Finding Additional Help

Figure 13-1: Firefox includes built-in help documentation written by volunteers.
Figure 13-2: The Search Sidebar contains a list of topics that match your search phrase.
Figure 13-3: The support forum at MozillaZine is a great place to get your question answered by knowledgeable Firefox users.

Chapter 14: Clearing Your Tracks

Figure 14-1: The Clear Private Data window lets you specify any combination of information to clear and then wipes it out on a regular basis.
Figure 14-2: If the Clear Private Data menu item ends with an ellipsis, you haven't bypassed the confirmation window…
Figure 14-3: … but if it doesn't, the window has been bypassed, so beware!
Figure 14-4: The Privacy screen of the Options window allows you to configure or clear the types of information that Firefox stores.
Figure 14-5: Firefox allows you to view the passwords it stores, which comes in handy if you forget one of them.
Figure 14-6: The Cookie Manager displays info about every cookie stored on your computer and allows you to remove any that you find suspect.

Chapter 15: Staying Safe Online

Figure 15-1: The real eBay. Can you tell the difference between this and the Web page shown in Figure 15-2?
Figure 15-2: A recent phishing eBay replica. Notice the eBay logo, the login form, and even the Trust button have been faithfully replicated.
Figure 15-3: A typical phishing e-mail.
Figure 15-4: Firefox asks you to confirm going to suspicious Web sites.
Figure 15-5: The Location Bar turns yellow, and a lock appears at the end of it, when you view a secure Web site.
Figure 15-6: If you attempt to submit information at a non-secure Web site, Firefox displays this warning.
Figure 15-7: Firefox warns you when you leave secure territory.
Figure 15-8: The Google Gmail service allows you to specify whether your login information should be remembered.
Figure 15-9: Firefox displays this toolbar at the top of Web sites that try to install a browser extension.
Figure 15-10: If you choose to install updates manually, the Update Wizard walks you through the process.

Chapter 16: Setting Your Options

Figure 16-1: The Options window helps you configure every aspect of the browsing experience.
Figure 16-2: After changing these settings, you must click OK in the secondary window and the main Options window.
Figure 16-3: You can set a bookmark as your home page from the General category of options.
Figure 16-4: You can configure how much information Firefox stores about your browsing and when it gets cleared in the Privacy category.
Figure 16-5: You can customize fonts and colors, turn off images, and configure sites through the Content settings.
Figure 16-6: The Tabs category gives you control of your tabbed browsing experience.
Figure 16-7: You can select a new location for downloaded files, configure the Download Manager, and teach Firefox your downloading habits.
Figure 16-8: The Advanced category contains some of the more complicated settings.

Chapter 17: Finding Your Dream Theme

Figure 17-1: Mozilla Update organizes hundreds of themes into categories such as Nature, Retro, and Sports.
Figure 17-2: A selection of my favorite themes. (They're even better in color!)
Figure 17-3: The Scribblies Brite theme (Category: Miscellaneous).
Figure 17-4: Firefox asks you to confirm theme installation.
Figure 17-5: You can apply, update, preview, or uninstall themes from the Theme Manager.

Chapter 18: Tailoring Your Toolbars

Figure 18-1: The Customize Toolbar window.
Figure 18-2: Add an item by dragging it from the Customize window to the desired location.
Figure 18-3: By default, the Reload button is to the left of the Stop button…
Figure 18-4: …but if you just drag the Reload button one position over, then…
Figure 18-5: …voilá! The Stop and Reload buttons change places.
Figure 18-6: This Separator separates navigation and clipboard buttons.
Figure 18-7: Like Separators, Spaces help you divide up your toolbars logically.
Figure 18-8: Flexible Space items, normally invisible, are revealed when the Customize Toolbar window is open.
Figure 18-9: Before you can design your toolbar, you must name it.
Figure 18-10: If you have trouble identifying buttons by their pictures alone, add descriptive text.

Chapter 19: Controlling the Way Web Sites Look

Figure 19-1: Memeorandum at normal size.
Figure 19-2: Memeorandum after increasing the text size twice.
Figure 19-3: To override text size, select a new size for both Proportional and Monospace. Here i use size 18.
Figure 19-4: In the Colors window, click a colored box to choose a new color.
Figure 19-5: This page contains a picture of a parrot that reads, but because image loading is disabled, Firefox displays a textual replacement (reading bird).
Figure 19-6: It's much easier to enjoy this scenic country shot in Full Screen mode.

Chapter 20: Extending Firefox

Figure 20-1: Mozilla Update neatly organizes over 500 extensions into categories such as Download Tools.
Figure 20-2: Firefox asks you to confirm all extension installations. Just click Install Now; Firefox does the rest.
Figure 20-3: By default, Firefox prevents any site other than Mozilla Update from installing an extension, but displays this toolbar so you can override the policy.
Figure 20-4: Some extensions, such as Scrapbook, install new sidebars into Firefox.
Figure 20-5: You can customize, upgrade, or remove installed extensions from the Extension Manager.

Chapter 21: Ten Secrets to a Foxier Web

Figure 21-1: Customize your toolbars to reduce clutter and make more room for what really matters: the Web.
Figure 21-2: This slim form factor is possible thanks to Firefox's toolbar customization features.

Chapter 22: The Ten Best Firefox Extensions

Figure 22-1: SessionSaver works as soon as you install it, but you can customize it extensively by using its settings window in Expert Mode.
Figure 22-2: Click the Stumble button on the StumbleUpon toolbar to visit a recommended page.
Figure 22-3: Turn on mouse trails to see the gesture on-screen as you perform it.
Figure 22-4: The slim, unobtrusive FoxyTunes toolbar is an audiophile's dream.
Figure 22-5: You see this advanced window whenever you install a user script. Click OK to continue installing.
Figure 22-6: The Google Search Keys script prefixes each Google search result with a number you can press to access it.
Figure 22-7: The Flat Bookmark Editing extension flattens the Properties window into the Bookmarks Manager so you can organize faster.
Figure 22-8: The Download Statusbar tracks the progress of ongoing downloads in a bar along the bottom of the Firefox window.
Figure 22-9: You can highlight and annotate items in your Scrapbook.
Figure 22-10: Turn long addresses into very short ones with TinyUrl Creator.

Appendix A: Firefox Menu Reference

Figure A-1: The File menu.
Figure A-2: If you hide the Location Bar by using toolbar customization, the Open Location command shows this window.
Figure A-3: The Edit menu.
Figure A-4: The View menu.
Figure A-5: The Go menu.
Figure A-6: The Bookmarks menu.
Figure A-7: The Tools menu.
Figure A-8: If you hide the Search Box by using toolbar customization, the Web Search command shows this window.
Figure A-9: The Help menu.

Appendix B: Firefox Keyboard Reference

Figure B-1: Firefox's new tabbed browsing has much to offer.
Figure B-2: The Search Box offers a handful of search engines that you can cycle through by using the keyboard.
Figure B-3: As you type into the Location Bar, Firefox suggests Web sites from your browsing history.
Figure B-4: Press Tab until the element you want to work with is focused.
Figure B-5: A flock of focused elements.

Appendix C: Firefox Drag-and-Drop Reference

Figure C-1: The Yahoo! draggable link image.
Figure C-2: As you move the mouse pointer over a link in the Bookmarks Sidebar, a line indicates where the bookmark will be created.
Figure C-3: You can drag a tab to a new spot on the tab bar.