How Firefox Works
- 1. How Firefox Works S1170054 Takahiro Kageyama
- 2. Introduction to How Firefo x Works ● A Web browser is sort of like the tires o n your car. You don't really give them mu ch daily thought, but without them, you're not going anywhere. The second somethi ng goes wrong, you definitely notice.
- 3. Firefox History ● The origins of Firefox can be traced dire ctly to Netscape, a company whose Web browser, Netscape Navigator, was the do minant browser before Microsoft develop ed Internet Explorer.
- 4. Firefox Basics ● The easiest way to learn about Firefox is to go ahead and download it (it's free). T here you'll find the latest version of Fire fox: Firefox 3.5. If you're hesitant to inst all and learn to use a new program, rest assured that Firefox looks and acts very similar to Internet Explorer and most ot her Web browsers.
- 5. Firefox Features ● That virtually every other browser, includi ng Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari and Go ogle Chrome, has also adopted them. One o f the most noticeable is tabbed browsing.
- 6. Firefox Extensions ● Firefox extensions range from the indis pensable (ad blocking) to the utterly sill y (an extension that changes the Option s menu's definition of "Cookies" from a te chnical explanation to "Cookies are delici ous delicacies"). Here are a few of the mo re notable extensions.