![]() Once at one can relatively easily navigate through the list of Themes. The site that Mozilla uses to catalog themes and extensions, this is a trusted site, and you can be confident that all themes or extensions that are on this site have gone through at least some testing in order to ensure their compatibility and safety. ![]() Click on the link at the bottom right that says "get more themes". Go to "tools" in the menu select "themes,"Ģ. Much like the customization of the toolbars a theme can have a dramatic effect on how you interact with a Firefox and I strong suggest giving it a shot if you are dissatisfied with the way Firefox looks.ġ. finished toolbar config - II - ThemesĪ theme is a small file that dictates how Firefox looks, buttons, scrollbars, etc, can all be altered fairly easily and many variations are available at any time. When I'm done my tool bars look like this When I first set up Firefox I move all of my navigation icons to the top toolbar and move to small icon mode (as a note it is actually faster to use large buttons, but something about the saving of screen real estate, and the appearance of the small Icons I enjoy). Also available in the customization Window is a check-box for large (default) or small icons. Likewise it is possible to drag any icon on the toolbars to another position or off the toolbar into the customization window. This window will generally contain several icons that aren't on your toolbars, if you desire you can drag these icons onto any toolbar to have them displayed. ![]() (This will open up the customization window). Right click on an empty area, and select "Customize". When you first start out your toolbars probably look something like this:įor most people Firefox's default toolbar configuration will be just fine, many of us however prefer a smaller sleeker appearance, and have some weird ideas as to where buttons should go. So, the first thing I do is customize my tool bars, these are the bars at the top of the browser window that contain buttons, and URL bars, search bars and the like. AppearancesĪn important first step to enjoying any software is making it look pretty. Here you're able to create new tabs, reload the current tab (reload is also available via "Ctrl-R"), reload all tabs, close other tabs and finally close tab (also available via "Ctrl-W"). There are more ways to control how tabs work as well, if you right-click on a tab, you'll see something like this: As you see in the screenshot, you can also write it the start pages manually, and if there's more than one, pided with a | mark. Choose startup pages from you bookmarks 3. use the pages you're currently browsing 2. Go Tools > Options.and you will see this choice in the "General" selection:Īs you see the browser here gives you a variety of options, you can 1. If you want the browser to open multiple sites when you start the browser, this is possible. If you need more browsing tabs simply press "Ctrl-T" again. :) You can alternate between these by pressing "Ctrl-Tab". Your browser will now open a new tab that can be used, in the same browser window.Īs you see by pressing "Ctrl-T" I now have 2 tabs in the same browser. ![]() Open your Mozilla Firefox browser, then press "Ctrl-T" at the same time. This function is also available on Opera, Netscape, and IE 7. Mozilla Firefox has however added a very helpful function to the browser, called tabbing. Now, this is one of the best features of Mozilla Firefox, and this is the component that threw IE into the ranks of the "also ran." Almost all of my time online I need to have many browsers open at the same time, and honestly, it can get quite messy sometimes. ![]() All of the MS Word scripts (arggh.) have been removed, grammar corrected where needed, the dreaded :) removed, it should have been replace with a #:>0 (the Lyle Lovett look,) and the page has been made W3C compliant. Finally, at Mozilla is where you can get all the great plug-ins and add-on's for Firefox (Geek heaven.) Also, all of the images have been optimized to about 60% of the actual resolution to allow for faster download times. Firefox Tutor, has tutorials that go beyond the scope of this lesson and will transform you into the Firefox Geek that you long to be. Newbie, provides a lot of great tutorials for the computer novice. You can show your gratitude by visiting their sites. Please Note: This page is produced from the material found on the three other sites.many thanks to them. ![]()
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