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Feature Guide
Tabbed Browsing
If you're a novice home-user with a few windows or a professional that needs to have many browser windows open simultaneously you're going to find yourself saving a lot of time and screen space by us
ing tabs. Tabs are simply browser windows within a browser. They don't require that you open a new browser, you can browse between multiple websites within one browser using multiple tabs. For example, take a look at the screenshot below, this is a browser window with one website open (1 tab).
Now look below. In addition to Google, we are now browsing Yahoo and YouTube in two extra tabs. This means that your Windows taskbar (the buttons at the bottom of your computer screen) will only have one application running. The beauty of tabbed browsing is that you can still open more browsers and have another set of tabs within that browser. Personally I use one set of tabs for work and another set for personal things such as email, to check my stocks, read news, etc. Keeps me very productive by organizing my web pages.
Erasing Private Data & History
Did you accidentally (or not so accidentally) visit sites that you wouldn't want anyone to know about? Or do you make a lot of financial transactions and need a quick way to get rid of all traces from your system for sake of privacy and security? With Internet Explorer, if you simply used their tools to remove history and cache files, you were leaving a lot of information on your hard drive. Firefox comes with a Clear Private Data feature that allows you to erase data in one quick step. Simply click Tools > Clear Private Data as shown below...
Once you click that selection, you'll get a window giving you an option to delete all or some information from your hard drive.
Extensions
The Firefox browser already comes with all basic and not so basic features, but some of you may need some extra bells and whistles to go along with it. They're called Extensions, and Firefox makes it easy to find and manage them. You can pull up the Extensions window by clicking on Tools > Extensions. A good example of an Extension is Google Toolbar, and if you look closely at all of our screenshots, you can see us use it. If you are looking for more Extensions, we recommend that you use Firefox's official site for the latest plug-ins. Simply click Get More Extensions in the Extensions window shown below.
Themes (Skins)
Unlike Internet Explorer, the look of Firefox can be changed. With a simple click to Tools > Themes > Get More Themes, you can browse through hundreds of themes, download, and install them. Once they're installed, its a matter of couple clicks to switch between the way your browser looks.
For illustration, I installed Silver Skin a great skin I saw on the Popular Themes list. Took me about 15 seconds to download, install and set to use the theme. You can revert to the default Firefox theme at any time. Check out the new look!
Tip: Use the Master Password
If you use the browser to save your user names and passwords, we strongly encourage you to add an extra level of protection by using the Master Password feature located in Options (click Tools > Options > Privacy). This feature is not available in Internet Explorer, so let me tell you what it does. This simply secures all of your user names and password with a master password that you create for the browser. Whenever you begin using Firefox, it will ask you for this password in order to fill-in user names and passwords at protected websites. You only need to enter the password once, so it will not bother you at all throughout your web surfing. This is definitely a MUST for laptop users because they are so easily lost or stolen.
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