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Customising Firefox with Add-on. Presented By: Brett Hill. But First... A bit about Firefox. -Firefox is one of the most customisable browsers available today -Firefox is a legacy of the Mozilla project, which brought many standards to browsing
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Customising Firefox with Add-on Presented By: Brett Hill
But First... A bit about Firefox -Firefox is one of the most customisable browsers available today -Firefox is a legacy of the Mozilla project, which brought many standards to browsing -Firefox is the second most common browser in use today
So, why use an add-on? • Add-ons allow a user to customise the way Firefox looks or works • Add-ons can add additional utility or security to your browsing • Add-ons can converge other functions to work in concert with Firefox • Best of all, add-ons are easy to install and usually easy to use!
Installing Add-ons A quick walk through: -click on > tools > add-ons -click on the get Add-ons tab -select an Add-on -Install -Customise (optional) -Use
Common Add-ons • Persona – change appearance without themes • Fox Splitter – split page browsing • FoxTab – 3D browsing tabs • Fast Video Download – download videos from sites like YouTube • Ad-Block Plus – block banner ads and popups • Yoono – manage IM, blogs and twitter from a side tab