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Introduction To Firefox
Resources for recording Introduction to Firefox
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Spoken tutorial on Mozilla Firefox |
Welcome to the Spoken tutorial on Introduction to Mozilla Firefox. |
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Learning Objectives What is Mozilla Firefox? Why Firefox? Versions System Requirements Download and Install Firefox Visit a website |
In this tutorial, we will cover the following topics:
What is Mozilla Firefox? Why Firefox? Versions System Requirements Download and Install Firefox Visit a website |
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What is Mozilla Firefox? Is a free, open source web browser Is the default web browser for Ubuntu Linux Allows you to view the Internet web pages and Navigate through the web pages |
Mozilla Firefox or simply Firefox is a free, open source web browser.
It is the default web browser for Ubuntu Linux, serving as a window to the Internet. It allows you to view the Internet web pages and navigate through the web pages |
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What is Mozilla Firefox? Also searches for web pages using search engines such as Google, Yahoo Search or Bing |
It also searches for web pages using search engines such as
Google, Yahoo Search or Bing.
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Mozilla Firefox? Developed by volunteer programmers at the Mozilla Foundation. Visit http://www.mozilla.org/ for information on Mozilla. |
Firefox has been developed by volunteer programmers at the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization.
Visit mozilla.org for detailed information on Mozilla.
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OS requirement Works on Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux Operating Systems |
Firefox works on Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux Operating Systems. |
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Popular web browsers for Ubuntu Some examples are Konqueror, Google Chrome and Opera. |
Some examples of other popular web browsers for Ubuntu are
Konqueror, Google Chrome and Opera. |
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OS and versions This tutorial uses Firefox version 7.0 Ubuntu 10.04 |
In this tutorial, we will use Firefox version 7.0 for Ubuntu 10.04 |
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Why Firefox? Has a variety of features such as Tabbed windows, Built-in spell checking, Pop-up blocker, Integrated web search, Phishing protection |
Firefox makes browsing better by bringing together speed, privacy and latest technologies.
It has a variety of features such as tabbed windows, built-in spell checking, pop-up blocker, integrated web search, Phishing protection |
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Benefits of using Firefox Provides faster web browsing with rapid rendering of graphics, Improved page loading Offers a variety of security and privacy options Offers customization by ways of add-ons and themes |
Firefox
Provides faster web browsing with rapid rendering of graphics, Improved page loading It also offers a variety of security and privacy options against fraudulent websites, spyware and viruses, trojans or other malware. And it offers customization by ways of add-ons and thousands of easy-to-install themes created by users. |
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System Requirements for Firefox Linux Operating Systems such as - Fedora, Ubuntu, RedHat, Debian and SUSE |
Here are the System Requirements to run Firefox on Linux OS such as -
Fedora, Ubuntu, RedHat, Debian and SUSE
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Additional Libraries / Packages for Firefox GTK+ 2.10 or higher GLib 2.12 or higher libstdc++ 4.3 or higher Pango 1.14 or higher X.Org 1.7 or higher |
You will need the following libraries or packages to run Firefox on Ubuntu 10.04
GTK+ 2.10 or higher GLib 2.12 or higher libstdc++ 4.3 or higher Pango 1.14 or higher X.Org 1.7 or higher
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Hardware Requirements for Firefox Pentium 4 or above 512MB of RAM 200MB of hard drive space For complete information, visit http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/system-requirements.html |
And the recommended hardware are
Pentium 4 or above with 512MB of RAM and 200MB of hard drive space.
For complete information on System requirements, visit the Firefox website shown on the screen. |
Switch to internet browser:
Go to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/ Point (don’t click) on the green area
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Let us now download and install Mozilla Firefox, by visiting the official website at mozilla.com as shown on the screen.
Here, we can always find the latest version of Firefox. Or we can click on the ‘All Systems and Languages” link below the green area for more options. |
Point mouse over the Windows, Mac and Linux icons here. |
Notice that Mozilla offers Firefox in over 70 languages.
Here, we can download various localized versions, such as Hindi or Bengali. We can also choose the operating system: Windows, Mac or Linux, by clicking on the various icons |
Point and Click on the green color “Firefox Free Download” button. | In Ubuntu Linux, first select the location to save the file (by default, the Downloads directory in your Home folder is selected). |
Select “Save File” >> Click “Ok” button in the popup window. | Now you can select the “Save File” option and click on the “Ok” button appearing in the popup window.
This will save Firefox archive to the Downloads directory under the Home directory. |
Click on Application > System Tools > Terminal
Type cd ~/Downloads and press Enter.
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Open a Terminal Window and go to your Downloads directory by typing the following command :
cd ~/Downloads Now press the Enter key. |
Type tar xjf firefox-7.0.1.tar.bz2 and press Enter.
For the video, jump to the frame when the download is over. Let us not waste time until the download gets over. Show screenshot of Terminal Window with the commands and the files being extracted |
Extract the contents of the downloaded file by typing the following command :
tar xjf firefox-7.0.1.tar.bz2 Now press the Enter key. This will start extracting the files required to run Firefox 7.0. |
In the Terminal window type
cd firefox |
In the Terminal Window go to the Firefox directory by typing the following command
cd firefox Now press the Enter key. This will take you to the Firefox directory. |
In the Terminal window type
./firefox |
To launch the Firefox browser, type the following command
./firefox And press the Enter key. |
Type ~/Downloads/firefox/firefox in the terminal window but do not press Enter. | Alternately, you can launch Firefox by using the following command when your current directory is not the home directory.
~/Downloads/firefox/firefox |
Click on Address bar on top below menu bar
Type: www.rediff.com |
We will see how to set up the default homepage later.
For now, as an example, let us go to Rediff.com website that has the latest news and information. In the Address bar below the menu bar, type: www.rediff.com |
Point mouse over the content
Point mouse over links below Headlines. |
The content on the home page of Rediff.com website is displayed.
Now, from this page, we can navigate to the various links to view content in those pages |
Click on first link below Headlines | Let us click on the first link below the Headlines tab. |
Slide the cursor over the menu bar and some of the various features like search box and bookmarks toolbar. | This is how we can visit websites using Firefox and then navigate to various pages from there.
In future tutorials, we will learn more about the Firefox interface and various other features. |
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About the Spoken Tutorial Project
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Spoken Tutorial Workshops The Spoken Tutorial Project Team
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Acknowledgements
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