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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.

ICT Competency

We will use it as a web browser

Educational application and relevance

We can access many resources, applications, Software and Educational resources from this browser

Version

Configuration

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

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Development and community help

Mozilla Foundation and contributors - Mozilla Corporation

Working with the application

Functionalities

Firefox 1 Option Menu To Open.png


Firefox 2 Main Window.png


Step 1-Mozilla Firefox will appear under Applications > Internet >Firefox Web Browser. Step 2 Main page will look like above image
Firefox 3 Address Bar.png


Firefox 4 Type the address.png


Step 3- If you know the web address kindly type it in the address bar. Ex; www.upsc.gov.in Step 4-If you don’t know the particular web address kindly 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) onto your computer. Check if the copyright of the file allows for you to copy and use.
Firefox_5_Searched_Address.png


Step 5-browser will appear like the image and clikc it on blue letter which information will you want

File formats for creation

Not applicable

Saving the file

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Export and publishing files

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Advanced features

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.

Add-ons and Personas 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.

Tab Management Firefox was on the forefront of the tabbed browsing revolution and it remains ahead of the curve in many ways. Tab Groups is a built-in feature that offers a simple way to cluster your tabs into different categories.

Security Firefox features a number of tools designed to prevent malicious websites from causing harm.

Installation

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 pasword for completing the installation.
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 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.

The application on mobiles and tablets

In android version mobile phone visit Google play store and download it

Ideas for resource creation

From the web browser we can easily download what ever we want related to subject (text,audio video)

References

Wikipedia Browser