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Time | Narration |
0:00 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Extensions in Mozilla Firefox. |
0:05 | In this tutorial, we will learn about: Extensions or Add-ons, Installing Extensions, Recommended Extensions |
0:14 | Here we are using Firefox 7.0 on Ubuntu 10.04. |
0:20 | Let us open the Firefox browser. |
0:23 | By default, the yahoo home page opens. |
0:27 | What are Extensions or Add-ons? |
0:29 | Extensions allow you to: |
0:31 | * Add new features to the Firefox browser. |
0:35 | * Enhance existing features. |
0:37 | * Customize the Firefox browser to suit your preferences. |
0:42 | * Extensions, are a part of the Firefox browser |
0:45 | * And extend the browser’s capabilities. |
0:48 | For example, you can install extensions that: |
0:51 | # Block advertisements or popups. |
0:54 | # Compare prices of commodities |
0:56 | # And even display weather updates. |
1:00 | Let’s install the Grab and Drag extension. |
1:03 | Grab and Drag let’s you scroll through web pages in various ways. |
1:07 | It is similar to the grab and drag function in Adobe Acrobat. |
1:12 | From the Menu bar, click Tools and Add-ons. |
1:16 | The Add-ons Manager tab opens. |
1:20 | Alternately, you can also press the CTRL+Shift+A keys together, to open the Add-ons Manager tab. |
1:28 | The left panel in Add-ons Manager displays the available options. |
1:34 | Notice, by default, the option Get Add-ons is selected. |
1:39 | The right panel displays information for the option selected in the left panel. |
1:45 | So, the right panel, defines Add-ons and tells you how to get started with add-ons. |
1:51 | It even lists some Add-ons you can install. |
1:55 | Now, we shall install, the new Add-on: Grab and Drag. |
1:59 | First, in the Search bar, located on top-right corner, type Grab and Drag.
Press Enter. |
2:08 | The right panel, now lists the add-ons, that best match the name we searched for. |
2:14 | Also, notice, that all the add-ons that have the word drag in the title are displayed |
2:20 | Notice, that the first name on the list, Grab and Drag, is an exact match. |
2:26 | Click on Install. |
2:28 | As with most software, some add-ons too, may have end-user license agreements. |
2:35 | On the End-User License Agreement dialog box, click Accept and Install. |
2:41 | The Add-on downloading progress bar appears. |
2:46 | Next, a message that the add-on will be installed |
2:50 | when you restart Mozilla Firefox is displayed. |
2:54 | Click on Restart Now. |
2:57 | The Firefox browser closes and reopens. |
3:01 | The Add-ons Manager opens in a new tab. |
3:05 | Notice, that the Grab and Drag extension is displayed in the right panel of the Extensions tab. |
3:11 | Following the previous steps let’s install another extension Scrap Book. |
3:18 | Scrap Book allows you to save and manage Web page collections. |
3:24 | * Notice, that the installation progress bar and the message to close and restart Firefox are not displayed separately. |
3:33 | * They are displayed in the Scrap Book bar. |
3:36 | Click Restart Now. |
3:40 | Scrap Book is installed in Firefox. |
3:44 | Pause this tutorial and do this assignment. |
3:48 | * In the Firefox browser, open Add-ons Manager. |
3:52 | * Install a new add-on from the Featured 'Add-ons' list, in the Get Add-ons option. |
3:59 | * You manage extensions, that is, add, delete or update them |
4:03 | * Using the Extensions option |
4:06 | * In the Add-ons Manager. |
4:08 | In the Firefox browser, click the Add-ons Manager tab. |
4:13 | From the left panel, click Extensions. |
4:16 | The right panel, now displays the Extensions that are installed on your computer. |
4:22 | To learn more about ScrapBook, select it and click More. |
4:27 | * Details about Scrap Book are displayed. |
4:31 | * Click on the website link to learn all about the extension. |
4:35 | Now, from the left panel, click on the Extension option. |
4:40 | Notice, for each Extension you can set preferences, disable or remove it. |
4:46 | Select Grab and Drag and click on Preferences. |
4:49 | You can set your preferences using this dialog box. |
4:53 | Click Cancel to exit the dialog box. |
4:57 | Now, select Scrap Book and click Preferences. |
5:01 | Notice, that the Scrap Book Options dialog box is different from the Grab and Drag Preferences dialog box. |
5:09 | * Therefore, each Extension has different settings that can be changed. |
5:13 | * If the Preferences button is not visible for an Extension, |
5:17 | * It implies that there are no preferences for it. |
5:21 | Click Close to exit the Scrap Book Options dialog box. |
5:26 | As with most software, add-ons too are updated on a regular basis. |
5:31 | To update Scrap Book, select it, right-click and click Find Updates. |
5:37 | If Updates are found, the Update button is displayed. |
5:42 | Click on it to update the add-on. |
5:47 | As there are no updates for Scrap Book, the Update button is not displayed. |
5:51 | Finally, if you do not want to use an extension click the Disable button. |
5:58 | And to remove an extension from your computer, click Remove. |
6:03 | We have learnt all about Extensions! |
6:06 | You can now use Extensions to stream line tasks by adding more functionalities to Firefox. |
6:13 | * You can use the Get Add-ons option to learn about a number of Add-ons. |
6:18 | * You can then select and install Add-ons that are most relevant or useful to you. |
6:24 | To learn more about Firefox Extensions please visit the Firefox website. |
6:31 | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. |
6:34 | In this tutorial, we learnt about;Extensions, Installing Extensions,Recommended Extensions |
6:42 | Here is an assignment for you. |
6:45 | * Search for an extension called WebMail Notifier and |
6:49 | * Install it on your computer. |
6:52 | * Find out about the features of this extension and how you can use them to check unread mails from your mail accounts. |
7:01 | * Disable the extension. |
7:03 | * Then remove it from Firefox. |
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