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To customize Mozilla,
go to => . A
screen appears with a list of categories on the left: Appearance,
Navigator, Composer,
Mail and Newsgroups, Privacy &
Security, and Advanced.
Under the Appearance option you can have
Mozilla automatically launch
Navigator,
Composer, and/or
Mozilla Mail when you start
the application. If you have more than one language installed, you can
select any of them from the Choose your preferred language for
Mozilla dropdown menu.
The Fonts, Colors, and
Themes options control the fonts,
colors, and themes you will see on your Mozilla
screen. Content Packs are different groups of
sidebars, search options, bookmarks, etc., that may be installed on your system.
The following options are available under Navigator
on the Preferences screen:
Navigator —
Under Navigator you can customize some of your homepage
functionality, such as which buttons appear in the toolbar and what, if any,
page appears when you launch the application.
History —
Your browsing history is a list of pages you have visited. You can determine the
number of days your history should be saved (which appears under
Go on the main menu), or clear the history completely.
You can also clear the list of sites stored in the location bar,
the field where URLs appear. If you manually enter an address here, it is
stored in the location bar menu (click on the arrow at the end
of this field to see the location bar history). Once an address is
stored in the location bar, you only need to type the first few letters
of the address for Mozilla to recognize
it and fill in the rest of it for you.
The Back and
Forward buttons store a
history as well; you can determine how many pages backward or forward these
buttons will go in the Session History
field. You start a new session each time you login.
Languages —
Webpages are sometimes available in more than one language. On the
Languages screen, you can add and prioritize languages
you want displayed when they are available.
Character Coding refers to the letters and symbols related to a
language. If you only install one language, use the default setting
If you install more than one, scroll through this list to find
the appropriate character set.
Helper Applications —
Helper Applications designates
particular applications for the handling of particular file types.
The defaults shown here should be all you need. To add applications,
click on New
Type. A dialog box will appear where you need to enter
a description of the file (such as text),
the file extension used by this file type (such as
.txt), the MIME type (a program
that reads audio, video, etc. email attachments), and the
application you want to open files of this type (emacs,
x-pn-realaudio-pulgin, etc.).
Smart Browsing —
Smart Browsing is where you configure the What's
Related option. On the
Mozilla Navigator screen, you will see a sidebar on the
left with a variety of options like bookmarks and a history list. The
What's Related function automatically lists other
websites that are related to the one you are currently viewing. You
can have What's Related ignore certain domains
(domain.com, shoesandsocks.net, etc.) by typing the domain you want
ignored under Do not request What's Related information
for the following domains. Smart
Browsing is also where you enable or disable location line
autocomplete (see =>
) and Internet
keywords. For an explanation of the Internet keywords feature,
go to http://mozilla.org/docs/end-user/keywords.html
Internet Search —
Under Internet Search, you can select your
default search engine, determine whether or not the search tab
on your sidebar will open
automatically when you perform a Web search, and select
Basic or Advanced search
preferences. The Basic option opens one search
engine, while Advanced gives you several to choose from.
The Composer preferences customize settings
that pertain to the form and function of HTML pages you develop
with the Mozilla Composer tool.
Under Recent Pages, determine how many recently
accessed pages will appear when you
click on File in the main menu.
Select the pretty print option, under
When Saving Files, to have
Mozilla indent the lines of your
HTML properly. This makes it much easier to read later.
Under Table Editing, you can
determine how your HTML will render when you
insert or delete table cells.
The New Page Settings lets you
adjust the default color, background images, and author for new HTML
pages. These settings will be the default each time you create a new page.
Mail and Newsgroup settings
determine how messages appear on your screen, how they are sent,
and address book functions.
Mail and Newsgroups —
Select the window layout for your mail, configure Start
Page preferences, and determine whether or not
you will be alerted with a sound when new mail arrives.
Message Display —
Adjust the size and color of fonts in incoming text messages and
change the language in which they appear.
Message Composition —
Determine whether messages that you forward to people will be sent as
attachments or in the body of the message. You
can also determine whether or not the original text of
messages that you reply to appear in the body of your
message and, if so, how. The spell check option, the
length of text lines, and the language in which you type
can be also be configured here.
Send Format —
The Send Format options deal with sending messages in HTML
rather than plain text format.
Addressing —
Under Email Address Collection, you can tell
Mozilla to automatically collect
and store email addresses for you, set a limit on the
number of addresses you want to store, and enable or
disable autocomplete. Autocomplete looks in your
address book after you type the first few letters of an
address and supplies you with the rest of the address or
possible matches.
Cookies —
Cookies are bits of information that some websites store on your
computer. Cookies allow the site to recognize your computer on
subsequent visits, and are often used to set site-based preferences,
to track online purchases, or to collect advertising-related
demographics. You can configure your cookie acceptance policy under
Cookies and view your existing cookies. You
can also access cookie information by going to
=> => on the
main menu.
Images —
Determine whether (and how) Mozilla will
accept images from websites. You can also request an alert before images are
accepted and accept images only from the originating server.
Forms —
Enabling the Form Manager lets you fill out online forms
faster. Click on View Stored Form Data to
enter the information you want to appear on forms. Go to
=> => =>
for an explanation and demonstration of the
Form Manager tool.
Web Passwords —
Select the option under Password Manager to have
Mozilla
remember your passwords. You can also have your data encrypted (to prevent access by
intruders) by selecting Use encryption when storing
sensitive data.
Master Passwords — The master password
protects the Web password. Click on Change
Password to, obviously, change your master password. In
the Master Password Timeout section, tell
Mozilla to ask for the master password the
first time it is needed, every time it is needed, or after a
designated amount of time has passed.
SSL, Certificates, and
Validation — Use the
Mozilla help files (go to
Help => Help contents on the
main menu) for information on these subjects.
The Advanced preferences cover topics such as proxies,
cookies, and cache files. Unless you know something about these topics,
it is recommended that you leave the default settings as they are.
Advanced —
Enable or disable Java and JavaScript, which help interpret how
webpages are interpreted. Java is a programming language that can
be used to make inter-active programs or animations. JavaScript is
a cross-platform Web programming language.
Cache — The cache keeps copies of
frequently viewed webpages on your hard drive. This reduces the amount
of time you have to spend online. Set the size of the cache in KB here
and determine how often a the pages in the cache are compared to those
on the network.
Proxies — Proxies provide additional
security between your computer and the Internet. See you system
administrator for more information.
Software Installation — Enable this
option to install software using Mozilla.
Mouse Wheel
If you use a mouse wheel, choose from the options here to determine
how the wheel behaves when used with designated modifier keys.
Offline and Disk Space — Working offline
reduces the amount of time you spend online and helps prevent losing
work if there is an interruption in your Internet connection. In the
Offline section, set preferences to determine
Mozilla's behavior when you log on, go
online, and go offline.
Select the option under Disk Space if you want folders
compacted after they reach a certain size.
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Quotes: No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.What experience and history teach is this - that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.Reason is the substance of the universe. The design of the world is absolutely rational.
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