An introduction to Mozilla Firefox, part 1
Mozilla Firefox is one of the best browsers out there
on the market, and it's free. Through the unique
development methods of Open Source, they are able to
make a product with impressive speed and less bugs than
programs developed by traditional methods. Mozilla
Firefox has a number of unique features, and it is
overall a good product. Throughout this series I will
try to present Mozilla Firefox for you.
Installation and configuration
Obviously, the first thing you need to do is get your
free copy of the Mozilla Firefox browser. You can locate
the Firefox installer on the Mozilla download page. If
you go to this page, http://mozilla.org/products/firefox/,
you will always find the newest version available. Now,
I recommend you read on the page which version you
should download, as Mozilla Firefox develops at a high
pace, it's not always the good thing to get the latest
version, as it is with most programs. :) I will use the
Windows version and the series will mainly evolve around
Windows issues. Download the file and you are ready to
begin.
Mozilla Firefox Installer
Of course there is an installer to Mozilla Firefox. :) I will take
you through the simple pleasure of using a installer.
This Mozilla Firefox installer is the official release
from the Mozilla community.
After you finish your download it's time to begin the
install. Locate the installer .exe (in this case named
"MozillaFirefox-0.8.-Setup") and double click it.
Hopefully you will get this window:
If you got any programs running, close them as
advised. Press next.
Read the agreement, if you agree, check the box and
press "Next". :)
If you want to choose what to install and where to
install, mark the custom box, if not choose
standard.
The installer will tell you where Mozilla Firefox
will be installed, most of you will have the same path
as I have in this screenshot.
Voila. :).
Mozilla Firefox has the capability importing
settings/bookmarks/cookies etc. from other browsers, so
if you're migrating from Internet Explorer or Opera, go
to File > Import and you should get this
screen:
I'm importing from Internet Explorer so that's what I
chose. :) Press next, and you should get this
screen:
Here you can select what to import; it makes sense to
migrate everything, so just leave it as-is and press
next.
And there we go, Firefox is ready for use with your
old browser settings. :)
This is the first in a series of articles about
Mozilla Firefox, if you have Mozilla Firefox related
topics you'd like to see covered here, let us know.
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If you need help using Firefox, we recommend using the
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