Firefox Web Browser

A web browser that is highly customizable with add-ons from Mozilla.

This is our preferred web browser. To open, click Firefox in the Start menu, or click the icon in the Quicklaunch menu.

Extenstions

One of the great advantages of Firefox is the ability to customize how it behaves using add-ons, or extensions, such as:

• • Adblock Plus - removes those pesky ads and popups from webpages

  • Adblock Plus Filterset Downloader - updates Adblock Plus filters automatically

  • All-in-one Sidebar - view dialog windows such as downloads, extensions

  • Better Gcal - enhance Google's calendar look

  • Better Gmail 2 - enhance Google's Gmail look

  • Better GReader - enhance Google's Reader look

  • Better Privacy - protect against undeletable long-term super-cookies

  • Customize Google - removes ads and enhance Google search results by adding extra information

  • Fast Dial - Fast access to your favorite sites through thumbnails

  • Firefox Showcase - Easily find and manage your browser tabs

  • Fission - combines address bar and progress bar (Safari style)

  • Flagfox - Displays a country flag in the status bar depicting the location of the current website's server

  • Flashblock - Blocks Flash so it won't get in your way (good for blocking annoying ads)

  • Foxytunes - control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and much more

  • GButts - Display all your Google services together as buttons

  • Gmail Notifier - A notifier for Gmail accounts from the browser

  • Hide Unvisited - Hide pages you haven't visited from the AwesomeBar

  • Open IT Online - open your documents and images online without the need of any software to be installed

  • PicLens - finding and viewing online photos and videos on a "3D Wall" [Awesome!]

  • Print/Print Preview - Replace the "Print" button with "Print/Print Preview" toolbar button/menu

  • Surf Canyon - Uncover relevant information from as deep as page 100 of Google search results

  • Tabs Open Relative - all new tabs open to the right of the current tab, instead of the far right of the tab bar

  • Text Link -open a non-hyperlinked text web address with a double click

• Undo Closed Tabs - undo closed tabs via a toolbar and/or tab bar button

This guide refers to version 3 of the software.