Mozilla Firefox: Introductory Concepts and Techniques

by Shelly, Gary B.; Cashman, Thomas J.; Forsythe, Steven G.; Freund, Steven M.

• ISBN13: 9781418859947
• ISBN10: 141885994X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-16
• Publisher: Course Technology

Summary

Brand new to the Shelly Cashman Series, this book provides content on the popular open source Firefox browser. Firefox: Introductory Concepts and Techniques focuses on the unique features of Firefox that people have come to enjoy, including tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, and integrated search, along with a more secure browser experience. This text may be bundled with any concepts or office textbook, adding excitement to your introductory course.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction to Firefox
Objectives	2	(1)
Introduction	2	(1)
The Internet	2	(2)
The World Wide Web	4	(4)
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)	5	(1)
Hypertext Markup Language	6	(1)
Home Pages	7	(1)
Internet Browsers	7	(1)
What Is Firefox?	8	(4)
Starting Firefox	8	(1)
The Mozilla Firefox Window	9	(3)
Browsing the World Wide Web	12	(11)
Stopping the Transfer of a Page	16	(1)
Reloading a Web Page	16	(1)
Finding a Previously Displayed Web Page	17	(1)
Finding a Recently Displayed Web Page Using the Back and Forward Buttons	18	(2)
Displaying a Web Page Using the Back Button List	20	(1)
Using the History Sidebar to Display Web Pages	21	(2)
Keeping Track of Favorite Web Pages	23	(5)
Using the Home Button to Display a Web Page	25	(1)
Displaying a Web Page Using the Bookmarks Menu	26	(1)
Removing Bookmarks	27	(1)
Saving Information Obtained with Firefox	28	(11)
Saving a Web Page	28	(2)
Saving a Picture on a Web Page	30	(2)
Copying and Pasting Using the Clipboard	32	(1)
Starting WordPad	32	(1)
Using a Taskbar Button to Display an Inactive Window	33	(2)
Copying Text from a Web Page and Pasting It into a WordPad Document	35	(1)
Copying a Picture from a Web Page and Pasting It into WordPad	36	(2)
Saving the WordPad Document and Quitting WordPad	38	(1)
Printing a Web Page in Firefox	39	(3)
Firefox Help	42	(2)
Quitting Firefox	44	(1)
Project Summary	45	(1)
What You Should Know	45	(1)
Learn It Online	46	(1)
In the Lab	47	(18)
Cases and Places	65	(3)
Web Research Techniques and Search Engines
Objectives	68	(1)
Introduction	68	(1)
Types of Web Resources	69	(4)
Advocacy Web Sites	69	(1)
Blog Web Sites	69	(1)
Business/Marketing Web Sites	69	(1)
Educational Web Sites	69	(1)
Entertainment Web Sites	69	(2)
Informational Web Sites	71	(1)
News Web Sites	71	(1)
Personal Web Sites	71	(1)
Portal Web Sites	71	(1)
Other Web Resources	72	(1)
Summary of Types of Web Resources	73	(1)
Evaluating a Web Resource	73	(2)
Web Search Resources	75	(2)
Starting Firefox	77	(1)
Searching the Web Using a Directory	77	(7)
Evaluating Web Resources	82	(2)
Searching the Web	84	(4)
Adding a Search Engine to the Search Bar	84	(2)
Searching the Web Using the Ask Jeeves Search Engine	86	(2)
Using Tabbed Browsing to Help Search the Web	88	(4)
Simple Search Forms	88	(1)
Opening a Link in a New Tab	89	(1)
Switching Between Tabs	90	(1)
Closing a Tab	91	(1)
Refining a Web Search	92	(5)
Successful Searching Techniques	97	(1)
Creating a Working Bibliography	98	(5)
Saving a WordPad Document	101	(1)
Citing Web Sources	102	(1)
Searching the Web for Other Information	103	(7)
Searching the Web for an Address	103	(1)
Searching the Web for a Map	104	(2)
Searching the Web for the Definition of a Word	106	(2)
Searching the Web for a Picture	108	(2)
Other Ways to Search the Web	110	(3)
Using the Location Bar and a URL to Display a Web Page	110	(1)
Using the Location Bar and a Keyword to Display a Home Page	110	(2)
Using the Location Bar to Search for a Folder on the Computer	112	(1)
Project Summary	113	(1)
What You Should Know	113	(1)
Learn It Online	114	(1)
In the Lab	115	(11)
Cases and Places	126	(2)
Communicating Over the Internet Using Mozilla Thunderbird
Objectives	128	(1)
Introduction	128	(1)
Electronic (E-Mail) Messages	128	(24)
Starting Mozilla Thunderbird	129	(3)
Opening and Reading E-Mail Messages	132	(1)
Printing an E-Mail Message	133	(1)
Closing an E-Mail Message	134	(1)
Replying to an E-Mail Message	135	(2)
Deleting an E-Mail Message	137	(1)
Viewing a File Attachment	138	(1)
Composing a New Mail Message	139	(4)
Sending an E-Mail Message	143	(1)
Address Book	143	(1)
Adding a Card to the Address Book	144	(3)
Composing an E-Mail Message Using the Address Book	147	(3)
Sending an E-Mail Message	150	(1)
Deleting a Card from the Address Book	150	(2)
Closing the Address Book	152	(1)
Internet Newsgroups	152	(17)
Accessing Newsgroups Using Thunderbird	153	(5)
Subscribing to a Newsgroup	158	(3)
Reading Newsgroup Articles	161	(1)
Expanding a Thread	162	(1)
Collapsing a Thread	162	(1)
Printing a Newsgroup Article	163	(1)
Posting a Newsgroup Article	164	(3)
Displaying the Articles in a Newsgroup after Subscribing to the Newsgroup	167	(1)
Unsubscribing from a Newsgroup	168	(1)
Quitting Thunderbird	169	(1)
Yahoo! Messenger and Instant Messaging	169	(10)
Adding a Contact to the Messenger List	172	(2)
Communicating Using Yahoo! Messenger	174	(2)
Deleting a Contact on the Messenger List	176	(2)
Closing the Yahoo! Messenger Window	178	(1)
Signing Out from the Yahoo! Messenger Service and Exiting Yahoo! Messenger	178	(1)
Project Summary	179	(1)
What You Should Know	179	(1)
Learn It Online	180	(1)
In the Lab	181	(9)
Cases and Places	190	(3)
Special Feature Open Source Concepts and Firefox Customization
Objectives	193	(1)
Introduction	193	(3)
The Open Source Definition	196	(1)
Installing an Extension	197	(6)
Uninstalling an Extension	202	(1)
Installing a Theme	203	(5)
Uninstalling a Theme	207	(1)
Installing a Plugin	208	(2)
Quitting Firefox	210	(1)
Special Feature Summary	210	(1)
What You Should Know	210	(1)
In the Lab	211
Appendix A Installing Mozilla Firefox
Installing Firefox	1	(4)
Appendix B Installing Mozilla Thunderbird
Installing Thunderbird	5	(8)
Appendix C Mozilla Firefox Options
Options Dialog Box	13
The General Sheet	14	(1)
The Privacy Sheet	15	(4)
The Web Features Sheet	19	(1)
The Downloads Sheet	20	(1)
The Advanced Sheet	21
Quick Reference Summary
Mozilla Firefox Quick Reference Summary
Quick Reference Summary	1	(1)
Index	1