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Visual Cue Narration
Show slide number 1. Welcome to the this tutorial of Mozilla Firefox.
Show Slide Number 2

Learning Objectives

In this tutorial, we will learn how to:

Set General preferences

Set Privacy preferences

In this tutorial, we will learn how to:

Set General preferences

Set Privacy preferences

Show Slide Number 3

OS and versions

This tutorial uses

Firefox version 7.0

Ubuntu 10.04

In this tutorial, we are using Firefox version 7.0 on Ubuntu 10.04
Show Slide Number 4 Preferences within Mozilla Firefox allows us to perform repetitive tasks with ease.

For Windows users, this feature is called Options.


Click on Edit >> Preferences.

Say for example, we want to set our email login page as our home page.

So we will click on Edit and Preferences.

Windows users should click on Tools and Options.

Point to the dialog box. The Preferences or Options dialog box opens.
Drag the cursor over the various tabs.


At the top of the dialog box, there are a number of tabs.

Each one has a different function.

Click on the General tab >> Drag the cursor over the various options.

Point to HomePage field and Save files to field.

The General panel contains preferences related to the most commonly used settings, such as :

setting Firefox home page.

setting file download location.


In the General tab >> Point to Startup >> Point to When Firefox starts >> click on the drop down menu >> select ‘Show my home page’

Let us learn how to set Gmail as our default home page.

Under Startup, in the ‘When Firefox starts’ drop down menu, select ‘Show my home page’.

Point to ‘Mozilla Firefox Start Page’ in the ‘Home page’ field.


Click on the ‘Home Page’ field and type ‘www.gmail.com’

By default, the ‘Home page’ field is set to ‘Mozilla Firefox Start Page’.


Click on the ‘Home Page’ field and type ‘www.gmail.com’

Click on the Close button. Click on the Close button to close the dialog box.

Our settings will be saved automatically.

Close the Firefox window.

Open a new Firefox browser again.

Now close this Firefox window.

And open a new Firefox window.

Point to the URL. You will notice that the Gmail login page is the homepage.


Click on Edit >> Preferences.

Next, let us now learn how Mozilla Firefox handles downloads.

Click on Edit and Preferences. As before, Windows users, please click on Tools and Options.

Click on the ‘General’ tab. Click on the ‘General’ tab.
In the ‘Downloads’ option >> put a check on the check box ‘Show the Downloads window when downloading a file’. In the ‘Downloads’ option, put a check on the check box ‘Show the Downloads window when downloading a file’.
Check the radio button that says ‘Save files to’. Now check the radio button that says ‘Save files to’.
Click the Browse button >> Change the default folder to Desktop. Click the Browse button and change the default folder to Desktop.
Click Close button to close the dialog box. Click on the Close button to close the dialog box.

As before, our settings will be saved automatically.

In the browser’s Search bar >> type ‘flowers’ >> click the magnifying lens to the right. In the browser’s Search bar, type ‘flowers’ and click the magnifying lens to the right.
Right-click on the first search result >> click on ‘Save Link As’. Right-click on the first search result that appears.

And click on ‘Save Link As’.

Point to ‘Desktop’.


Click ‘Save’.

You notice that by default the link would be downloaded to Desktop.

Click ‘Save’ and the file will be saved on the Desktop.

Click on Tabs tab. The Tabs panel contains preferences related to the tabbed browsing feature.
Click on Content tab. The Content panel contains preferences related to how websites are displayed.
Click on Applications tab. The Applications panel lets you decide how Mozilla Firefox should handle different types of files.

It could be a PDF document or an audio file .

As an assignment, explore these tabs and the options, therein.
Click on Privacy tab. The Privacy panel contains preferences related to your web-privacy.
Under Tracking >> put a check on ‘Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked’


Under Tracking, lets put a check on ‘Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked’.

Selecting this option will stop websites from storing information about your browsing behavior.

Under History, drag the cursor over the various options. Under History, there are many options.
In the ‘Firefox will’ field >> choose ‘Never remember history’. In the ‘Firefox will’ field, choose ‘Never remember history’.

Enabling this option means that the history of your browsing will be not be retained in your computer.

Point to ‘Clear all current history’ but don’t click. If we click on ‘Clear all current history’,

then all the browsing history stored on the your computer will be cleared.

Point to the Location Bar.

In the ‘When using the location bar, suggest:’ field, open the drop down and select ‘Nothing’



Coming down to the Location Bar.

In the ‘When using the location bar, suggest:’ field, we will click on the drop down menu and select ‘Nothing’.

On doing so, whenever you are enter a new URL in the address bar, you will not be prompted with suggestions.

Click Close to close the dialog box. Click Close to close the dialog box.

Your privacy is now completely protected.

Click on Security tab. The Security panel contains preferences related to keeping your web browsing safe.
Click on Sync tab The Sync panel lets you set up or manage a “Firefox Sync” account.

Firefox Sync lets us use our history, bookmarks and passwords across different devices.


Click on Advanced tab.


Point to the Browsing and System Defaults options in the window.

The Advanced Panel contains some important Firefox settings.

It has Browsing and System Default settings to control the behavior of Firefox.

Click on Network tab.


Point to Connections >> click on Settings button.

We can also configure the way Firefox connects to the Internet using the Network option.

Within the Network tab, under Connections, click on the Settings button.

Point to the Connection Settings dialog box. This opens up the Connection Settings dialog box.
Point to the Proxies option. Here you can configure the Proxies.

Proxies are used to improve performance and provide better security.

Point to the ‘Use system proxy settings’ radio button.


By default, the ‘Use system proxy settings’ radio button is selected.

This option uses the settings configured for your operating system.

Click on Manual proxy configuration radio button. To enter the proxy settings manually, click on Manual proxy configuration radio button.
Drag the cursor on the fields below. You can now enter the the proxy settings in these fields.
Click on the Close button.


Click on the Close button.

Click on the Close button to close the Connection Settings dialog box.

Again click on the Close button to close the Preferences or Options dialog box.

Your settings will be saved, automatically.

Click on Update tab. Lastly, we can update Firefox using the Update tab in the Advanced panel.
Show slide number 5.

Summary: In this tutorial, we learnt how to:

Set General preferences

Set Privacy preferences

This brings us to the end of this tutorial.

In this tutorial, we learnt how to:

Set General preferences

Set Privacy preferences

Show slide number 6.

Comprehension Test Assignment

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Change your home page to ‘spoken-tutorial.org’.

Change your default download location to ‘Home Folder’ and

Change your ‘When using the location bar, suggest:’ setting to History and Bookmarks.

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