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=Introduction=

=Introduction=

Mozilla Firefox (or simply Firefox) is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox is available for Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems, with its Firefox for Android available for Android (formerly Firefox for mobile, it also ran on the discontinued Firefox OS); where all of these versions use the Gecko layout engine to render web pages, which implements current and anticipated web standards.An additional version, Firefox for iOS, was released in late 2015, but this version doesn't use Gecko due to Apple's restrictions limiting third-party web browsers to the WebKit-based layout engine built into iOS.

Mozilla Firefox (or simply Firefox) is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary. Firefox is available for Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems, with its Firefox for Android available for Android

==ICT Competency==

==ICT Competency==

We will use it as a web browser to browse academic information and resources.

We will use it as a web browser to browse academic information and resources.

==Configuration==

==Configuration==

==Overview of Features==

==Overview of Features==

Firefox browser supports many web standards including xHTML, CSS, PNG images with alpha transparency. It renders most of web pages more correctly comparing with Internet Explorer or Netscape.  

Firefox browser supports many web standards including xHTML, CSS, PNG images with alpha transparency. It renders most of web pages more correctly comparing with Internet Explorer or Netscape.  

Firefox is a free, cross platform (available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms) web browser developed by Mozilla Corp. together with many other contributors.  

Firefox is a free, cross platform (available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms) web browser developed by Mozilla Corp. together with many other contributors.  

For more detail visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_of_Firefox  

For more detail visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_of_Firefox  

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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 1-Mozilla Firefox  will appear under Applications > Internet >Firefox Web Browser.  

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 1-Mozilla Firefox  will appear under Applications > Internet >Firefox Web Browser.  

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 2 Main page will look like above image

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 3- Main page will look like above image. If we know the web address we can type it in the address bar. Ex; www.upsc.gov.in 

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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 4-If we don’t know the particular web address, we can type the key word of searching object Ex;UPSC. We can search not only for text, but also for images, videos using search engine. In Google search engine, the search results has options for searching the web, or images or videos. We can download the file (video, text file, image file) in to computer. Check if the copyright of the file allows to copy and use.

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 4-If we don’t know the particular web address, we can type the key word of searching object Ex;UPSC. We can search not only for text, but also for images, videos using search engine. In Google search engine, the search results has options for searching the web, or images or videos. We can download the file (video, text file, image file) in to computer. Check if the copyright of the file allows to copy and use.

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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 6 '''Bookmarks'''-All modern web browsers include bookmark features. Bookmarks are called favourites or Internet short-cuts in Internet browser.<br>

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 6 '''Bookmarks'''-All modern web browsers include bookmark features. Bookmarks are called favourites or Internet short-cuts in Internet browser.<br>

How do we bookmark a page in Firefox?<br>

How do we bookmark a page in Firefox?<br>

To add a bookmark:<br>

To add a bookmark:<br>

#Go to Menu bar and Click the Bookmarks and Click on "add this to bookmarks" to save the current page as a bookmark. By default, new bookmarks are saved to the Unsorted Bookmarks folder. ... If we want separate folder, we can also create as per our requirements.  

Go to Menu bar and Click the Bookmarks and Click on "add this to bookmarks" to save the current page as a bookmark. By default, new bookmarks are saved to the Unsorted Bookmarks folder. ... If we want separate folder, we can also create as per our requirements.  

| style="width: 50%;" |Step 7- In Browser we can save web pages offline to use without internet. To save the page, right click on the page and click on "Save Page As". In the save tab, we can give specific file name and in the file format we need to select "Web Page Complete" and then click SAVE. Now it will save html file with a thumbnail folder. By clicking on html file we can view web page offline.  

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| style="width: 50%;" |In Browser we can save webpages offline to use without internet. To save the page, right click on the page and click on "Save Page As". In the save tab, we can give specific file name and in the file format we need to select "Web Page Complete" and then click SAVE. Now it will save html file with a thumbnail folder. By clicking on html file we can view webpage offline.  

 

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Firefox is the only open source Web browser among the most used browsers on the Web as of March 2013. The open source nature of Firefox enables developers from all over the world to contribute code to the browser and extend the functionality of Firefox with add-ons and themes.

Firefox is the only open source Web browser among the most used browsers on the Web as of March 2013. The open source nature of Firefox enables developers from all over the world to contribute code to the browser and extend the functionality of Firefox with add-ons and themes.

'''Add-ons and Personas'''

'''Add-ons'''

Firefox is one of the most easily customized browsers thanks to its extensive library of add-ons and personas. Add-ons are small bits of code that can extend the functionality of Firefox in an almost infinite number of ways.  

Firefox is one of the most easily customized browsers thanks to its extensive library of add-ons. Add-ons are small bits of code that can extend the functionality of Firefox in an almost infinite number of ways.  

'''Tab Management'''

'''Tab Management'''

! Method of installation !! Steps

! Method of installation !! Steps

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| From Ubuntu software Centre || Ubuntu software center > in search box type it ‘firefox’ > and select the firefox application from the list and click "Install", you may need to enter your ubuntu login pasword for completing the installation.   

| From Ubuntu software Centre || Ubuntu Software Center > in search box type it ‘Firefox’ > and select the Firefox application from the list and click "Install", you may need to enter your Ubuntu login password for completing the installation.   

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| From Terminal || Open termina Applications >> Accessories >> terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T). type "sudo apt-get install firefox" and press "Enter" key, here also you need to enter your ubuntu login password and press "Enter" key. If it ask Y/n type of question, just press Enter again.

| From Terminal || Open terminal Applications >> Accessories >> terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T). type "sudo apt-get install Firefox" and press "Enter" key, here also you need to enter your Ubuntu login password and press "Enter" key. If it ask Y/n type of question, just press Enter again.

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| From the web || Download firefox from "https://www.mozilla.org" website for both Linux and WIndows platform and just double click on it.

| From the web || Download Firefox from "https://www.mozilla.org" website for both Linux and Windows platform and just double click on it.

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| Web based registration || Not applicable.

| Web based registration || Not applicable.