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5 Reasons to Make the Switch to Firefox
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Richard Armaldi July 25, 2007
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The number one reason people switch to Firefox is tabbed browsing
because it allows you to open links in separate tabs, while staying in
a single window, and read them when you're done with the current page.
Tabbed browsing makes it possible and even easy to keep track of
several pages at once. To switch between tabs, just click on the tab
you want to look at. You'll stay organized because new tabs load behind
the current view. To open a link in a tab, click on the link with the
middle mouse button or hold down the control key and click it.
Unlike
most other browsers, Firefox can be customized to you personal needs.
You can adjust the standard tool bars or even create you own. Perhaps
you're the type who likes a single toolbar with minimal icons. If you
want every option available with a single click, you can create
multiple tool bars with everything on them. There's no limit to the
level of customization you can achieve. If you want to add an option to
your toolbar simply choose View, Toolbars, Customize and drag the icon
to your toolbar.
Organizing your bookmarks is made easy
with Firefox. You can organize your bookmarks into folders and even
annotate the folders or individual bookmarks with comments and
reminders. Keywords can be associated with any bookmark allowing you to
open it just by typing that keyword into the address bar located at the
top of the browser. Your bookmarks and browser history can be pulled up
as a side bar for faster access. For browser history hit Ctrl+H and for
bookmarks use Ctrl+B.
Firefox offers better privacy controls
than any other browser. You can quickly clear personal browsing details
using the privacy panel. In addition to giving you control over popup
windows, Firefox also stops a number of other actions that have been
annoying web surfers for a long time, such as status bar tricks. Look
under Options then Web features to control these settings. Firefox
includes the same set of controls used by other Mozilla software
allowing you to control cookies and other settings to suit your tastes.
And
last but not least, Firefox is Open Source software. This means that
it's open to development by the same people that use it. Firefox is
based on the same Mozilla Gecko engine used by other browsers and
software. Perhaps the biggest advantage to being open source is that
Firefox will never include intended malicious code or spyware.
Discover the insider's secrets to configuring and customizing Firefox. Richard Armaldi shows you how at http://www.firefoxconfiguration.com |
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