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Line 1: − {{Template:Book-sidebar}}+ − + − + − − We will use it as a web browser to browse academic information and resources. − − ==Educational application and relevance== − We can access many Resources, Applications, Software and Educational resources from this browser − − ==Version== − Firefox 49.02 − − ==Configuration== − No need to configure, its a web based application and need internet connection to browse. − − ==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 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 − − ==Other similar applications== − '''Google Chrome''' − A free web browser developed by Google from the open source Chromium project with a focus on speed and minimalism. Chrome offers fast start-up and web page loading, sports a minimalist user interface, automatically updates in the background, and offers syncing of browser bookmarks, extensions, passwords, and history between multiple computers by Google account. − Additionally, Chrome has Flash and PDF support built into the browser for better speed and security. − − '''Opera''' − Opera is a browser with innovative features, speed and security. Opera’s vision is to deliver the best Internet experience on any device and the company is committed to support and contribute to open standards. − − ==Development and community help== − Mozilla Foundation and contributors - Mozilla Corporation − =Working with the application= − − + − | style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Firefox_3_Address_Bar.png]]}}+ + − + − + − + − + − − + − + − | style="width: 50%;" |Step 4-browser will appear like the image and click it on blue letter which information will you want − + − | style="width: 50%;" |[[File:COL - Google Search - Adavance Search for OER 1.png|400px]]+ − + − | style="width: 50%;" |Step-6 - You could look for text information by simply typing the key word of your searching content, In the above image you can see text information accessed "Digital Story Telling" in the search bar of the search engine. You can copy the shown information and can paste into your own text document. + − + − + − |-+ − | style="width: 50%;" |Step 7 '''Bookmarks'''-All modern web browsers include bookmark features. Bookmarks are called favourites or Internet short-cuts in Internet browser.<br>+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − | style="width: 50%;" |Step 8- In Browser you 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, you can give specific file name and in the file format you 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 you can view web page offline. + − |}+ + + + − + − Not applicable + − + − − − Not applicable − Line 80:
Line 85: − =Installation=+ − {| class="wikitable" − |- − ! Method of installation !! Steps − |- − | 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. − |- − | 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. − |- − | From the web || Download Firefox from "https://www.mozilla.org" website for both Linux and Windows platform and just double click on it. − |- − | Web based registration || Not applicable. − |} − + − Android version for Firefox can be downloaded from [https://f-droid.org/repo/fennec-50.1.0.multi.android-arm.apk Fdroid]. − − + +
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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. Firefox is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux operating systems; Firefox is also available for Android.
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
====Basic information====
==ICT Competency==
==Functionalities==
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| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|[[File:Firefox_1_Option_Menu_To_Open.png]]}}
|ICT Competency
|Firefox is a free and open-source web browser for connecting and learning.
We will use it as a web browser to browse academic information and resources.
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step 1-Mozilla Firefox will appear under Applications > Internet >Firefox Web Browser.
|Educational application and relevance
| style="width: 50%;" |Step 2- Main page will look like above image. If you know the web address you can type it in the address bar. Ex; www.upsc.gov.in
|Accessing the web for one's learning as a global digital library is one of the most important advantages of ICT. A browser is essential for accessing pages on the web.
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|Version
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|Firefox 49.02
| style="width: 50%;" |{{ext-img|450px|https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Firefox_5_Searched_Address.png}}
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|Configuration
| style="width: 50%;" |Step 3-If you don’t know the particular web address, you can type the key word of searching object Ex;UPSC. you 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. You can download the file (video, text file, image file) in to computer. Check if the copyright of the file allows to copy and use.
|No need to configure, its a web based application and need internet connection to browse.
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| style="width: 50%;" |[[File:Imageoer2.png|400px]]
|Other similar applications
|'<nowiki/>''[https://www.google.com/chrome/ Google Chrome], '''[http://www.opera.com/download Opera]'<nowiki/>'''''
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| style="width: 50%;" |Step-5- You can search for images from Firefox web browser, For example: If you want to search images about Digital Story Telling, simply type "Digital Story Telling" in the search bar of the search engine and select ‘Images’ link. Here you can select images that are licensed for reuse by specifying the search settings. If you want to download or save images to your computer, right click on the image and click on "Save image as". Rename the image file and select appropriate folder to save.
|The application on mobiles and tablets
|Android version for Firefox can be downloaded from [https://f-droid.org/repo/fennec-50.1.0.multi.android-arm.apk Fdroid].
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| style="width: 50%;" |[[File:bookmark.png|400px]]
|Development and community help
| style="width: 50%;" |[[File:Screenshot from 2017-01-05 10-53-22.png|400px]]
|[https://mozilla.org/firefox Mozilla Foundation and contributors - Mozilla Corporation]
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====Overview of Features====
Firefox browser supports many web standards for rendering of web pages; it renders most of the web pages correctly. Firefox is also known for its vast range of plug ins/add-ons that let the user customize in a variety of ways.
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
====Installation====
#The application is part of the Ubuntu custom distribution.
#In case you do not find it on your computer, you can install by typing <code>Firefox</code> on top search bar in Software Centre.
#If you would like to install through the terminal follow these steps below:
##Open terminal by clicking Applications->System Tools->Terminal or through Keyboard shortcut <code>Ctrl+Alt+T</code>
##In the terminal window, type below command and press enter to start the installation by providing your machine password:
##<code>sudo apt-get install firefox</code>
===Working with the application===
====Opening and accessing Firefox====
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px" caption="Opening and accessing Firefox">
File:Firefox_1_Option_Menu_To_Open.png|Opening Firefox
File:For textbook Mozilla.png|thumb|The menu bar in Firefox
</gallery>
#Mozilla Firefox will appear under Applications > Internet >Firefox Web Browser.
#Main page will look like the second image. If you know the web address you can type it in the address bar. Ex; www.upsc.gov.in
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px" caption="Searching for information using Firefox">
File:Firefox_3_Address_Bar.png|Accessing address bar
File:Firefox_4_Type_the_address.png|Searching resources
File:Firefox_5_Searched_Address.png|Browsing information
</gallery>
#If you don’t know the particular web address, you can type the key word of searching object Ex;UPSC. you can search not only for text, but also for images, videos using search engine. In Google search engine (there are also other search engines), the search results has options for searching the web, or images or videos. You can download the file (video, text file, image file) to your computer. Check if the copyright of the file allows to copy and use.
#The search results will appear like in the third image. You can click on the links to access the information retrieved.
====Searching text and image resources ====
<gallery mode="packed" heights="250px" caption="Searching for text and image resources">
File:Text search in firefox.png|Searching text resources
File:Image seach in forefox.png|Searching image resources
</gallery>
#You could look for text information by simply typing the key word of your searching content, In the above image you can see text information accessed for "Digital Story Telling" in the search bar of the search engine. You can copy the search results information and can paste into your own text document.
#You can search for images from Firefox web browser, For example: If you want to search images about Digital Story Telling, simply type "Digital Story Telling" in the search bar of the search engine and select ‘Images’ link. Here you can select images that are licensed for reuse by specifying the search settings. If you want to download or save images to your computer, right click on the image and click on "Save image as". Rename the image file and select appropriate folder to save.
====Boormark features in Firefox====
[[File:bookmark.png|400px|left]]
'''Bookmarks'''-All modern web browsers include bookmark features. Bookmarks are called favourites or Internet short-cuts in Internet browser.<br>
To add a bookmark: 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 you want separate folder, you can also create as per our requirements.
To add a bookmark: 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 you want separate folder, you can also create as per our requirements.
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====Save webpage to use offline====
[[File:Screenshot from 2017-01-05 10-53-22.png|400px|left]]
In Browser you 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, you can give specific file name and in the file format you 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 you can view web page offline.
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==File formats for creation==
====Saving the files and formats====
Not Applicable
==Saving the file==
====Advanced features====
Not applicable
==Export and publishing files==
==Advanced features==
'''Open Source'''
'''Open Source'''
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.
Firefox features a number of tools designed to prevent malicious websites from causing harm.
Firefox features a number of tools designed to prevent malicious websites from causing harm.
Android version for Firefox can be downloaded from [https://f-droid.org/repo/fennec-50.1.0.multi.android-arm.apk Fdroid].
=The application on mobiles and tablets=
===Ideas for resource creation===
=Ideas for resource creation=
From the web browser we can easily download what ever we want related to subject (text,audio video)
From the web browser we can easily download what ever we want related to subject (text,audio video)
=References=
===References===
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox Wikipedia]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox Wikipedia]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser Browser]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser Browser]
[[Category:Explore an application]]
[[Category:Explore an application]]