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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"[
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<!ENTITY % brandDTD SYSTEM "chrome://global/locale/brand.dtd" >
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%brandDTD;
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]
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>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<title>&brandShortName; Preferences</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="chrome://help/skin/helpFileLayout.css"/>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>&brandShortName; Preferences</h1>
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<div>This document explains all of the options available in the Preferences
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window of &brandShortName;.</div>
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<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#general_options">General Options</a>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#fonts_and_colors">Fonts & Colors</a></li>
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<li><a href="#connection_settings">Connection Settings</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><a href="#privacy_options">Privacy Options</a></li>
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<li><a href="#web_features_options">Web Features Options</a></li>
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<li><a href="#downloads_options">Download Options</a></li>
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<li><a href="#themes_options">Themes Options</a></li>
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<li><a href="#extensions_options">Extensions Options</a></li>
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<li><a href="#advanced_options">Advanced Options</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h2 id="general_options">General Options</h2>
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<p><img width="425" height="310" alt="Preferences Window" src="images/opt_general.png"/></p>
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<h3 id="home_page">Home Page</h3>
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<p>Specify the page or tab group that &brandShortName; will display after it is opened
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or when the Home button is clicked. Enter the address in the Location field.</p>
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<p>Click <em>Use Current Page(s)</em> to use the page you're currently visiting.
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You can also use <strong>multiple home pages</strong>. If more than one browser
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tab is currently opened, this button will set the <strong>whole tab group</strong>
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as home page.</p>
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<p>To specify the home page(s) using a bookmark, click <em>Use Bookmark....</em> You can
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even select a whole bookmark folder to use as multiple home pages!</p>
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<p>If you don't want a home page to be loaded, click <em>Use Blank Page</em>.</p>
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<h3 id="fonts_and_colors">Fonts & Colors</h3>
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<p>Click the <em>Fonts & Colors...</em> button to change the default fonts and colors
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used by &brandShortName;.</p>
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<p><strong>Fonts for:</strong><br/>
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Normally, web pages are displayed in the default font set by &brandShortName; or in a font
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chosen by the web page's author. To change the default fonts:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>From the <em>Fonts for</em> drop-down list, choose a character set. For instance,
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to set default fonts for the Western (Roman) character set, choose <em>Western</em>.</li>
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<li>Select whether proportional text should be serif (like "Times New Roman") or
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sans-serif (like "Arial"). Then specify the font size you want for
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proportional text.</li>
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<li>Specify the font to use for serif, sans-serif and <em>monospace</em> fonts. You
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can also change the size for monospace fonts.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>You can also specify the display resolution (normally 96dpi) by selecting
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<em>Other...</em> in the drop-down list of resolutions.</p>
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<p>Finally, you can set the minimum font size to be used on screen. This can be useful on
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sites that use very small or unreadable fonts.</p>
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<p><strong>Text and Background</strong><br/>
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Here you can change the default text and background color to be used on Web pages that haven't
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specified that information. Click on the color samples to select colors.</p>
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<p><em>Use system colors</em><br/>
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Check this option to use the colors defined in your OS settings instead of the colors specified
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above.</p>
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<p><strong>Link Colors</strong><br/>
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Here you can change the default colors for Web links. Click on the color samples to select
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colors.</p>
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<p><em>Underline links</em><br/>
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By default &brandShortName; underlines all links. Uncheck this option to prevent link
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underlining. Note that many sites specify their own link styling rules; this option has
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no effect on those sites.</p>
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<p><strong>Always use my:</strong><br/>
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<em>Fonts</em><br/>
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By default &brandShortName; uses the fonts specified by the Web page author. Enabling this
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option will force all sites to use your default fonts instead.</p>
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<p><em>Colors</em><br/>
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By default, &brandShortName; uses the colors specified by the Web page author. Enabling
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this option will force all sites to use your default colors instead.</p>
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<h3 id="default_browser">Default Browser</h3>
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<p>On Windows you can set &brandShortName; as the default browser by clicking <em>Set
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Default Browser</em>. This will ensure &brandShortName; is used whenever an application
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tries to display a Web site or when you open an HTML file. Note that this feature also
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registers some common image formats, including GIF and JPG. This feature has no effect
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on Linux or Macintosh.</p>
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<h3 id="connection_settings">Connection Settings</h3>
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<p>Many organizations block access from the Internet to their networks. This prevents outside
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parties from gaining access to sensitive information. This protection is called a firewall.</p>
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<p>If your organization has a firewall, &brandShortName; may need to go through a proxy server
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before connecting you to the Internet. The proxy server prevents outsiders from breaking
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into your organization's private network.</p>
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<strong>Configure Proxies to Access the Internet</strong>
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<dl>
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<dt>Direct connection to the Internet</dt>
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<dd>This is the default option. Choose this if you don't want to use a proxy.</dd>
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<dt>Manual proxy configuration</dt>
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<dd>Choose this if you don't have a proxy location (URL). Ask your system administrator
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for the names and port numbers of the servers running proxy software for each network
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service and enter the information in the appropriate fields.</dd>
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<dt>Automatic proxy configuration URL</dt>
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<dd>If your workplace has a proxy configuration file, ask the system administrator
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for its URL and enter it here. Click <em>Reload</em> to load the settings.</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2 id="privacy_options">Privacy Options</h2>
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<p><img width="425" height="310" alt="Preferences Window" src="images/opt_privacy.png"/></p>
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<p>The Privacy panel contains options related to your privacy. As you browse the web &brandShortName;
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stores information on where you have been, what pages you have visited, and other browsing statistics.
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Click the <em>Clear</em> button on each section to clear that information. Alternatively you can
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clear all information stored while browsing by clicking <em>Clear All</em>. A confirmation dialog
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will be shown before the information is cleared.</p>
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<p>To display section-specific options, expand a section by clicking on the small + button.</p>
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<h3 id="history">History</h3>
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<p>Here you can specify how long you want &brandShortName; to remember what pages you have
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visited. The default is 9 days.</p>
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<h3 id="saved_form_information">Saved Form Information</h3>
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<p><em>Save information I enter in web page forms and the Search bar</em><br/>When you enter
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information in web forms, &brandShortName; remembers what you type and automatically makes
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suggestions when you enter information again. To stop this behavior, uncheck this option.</p>
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<h3 id="saved_passwords">Saved Passwords</h3>
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<p><em>Remember Passwords</em><br/>&brandShortName; is capable of securely storing passwords you
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enter in web forms to make it easier to log on to Web sites. You can manage the saved passwords
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and delete individual passwords by clicking <em>View Saved Passwords</em>. To stop saving passwords
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alltogether, uncheck this option.</p>
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<h3 id="download_manager_history">Download Manager History</h3>
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<p>The Download Sidebar (accessible from the View menu or by pressing <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>E</kbd>)
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stores shortcuts to your recent downloads. There are no options here other than the <em>Clear</em>
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button. The Download options are available in the <strong>Downloads panel</strong>.</p>
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<h3 id="cookies">Cookies</h3>
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<p>A cookie is a file created by a Web site that stores information on your computer, such as
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your preferences when visiting that site.</p>
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<p>Learn more about cookies and how you can gain control over what sites are allowed to store
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cookies on your computer by reading about <a href="cookies.xhtml">Managing
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Cookies</a>.</p>
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<p>To display the Cookie Manager click <em>Stored Cookies</em>.</p>
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<p><em>Enable Cookies</em><br/>By default cookies are enabled. Uncheck this option to disable
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the use of cookies. Note that some sites may not work properly when cookies are disabled.</p>
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<dl>
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<dt>for the originating Web site only</dt>
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<dd>Selecting this option will restrict cookie usage to the originating Web site only,
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meaning that no foreign cookies will be stored. To learn more about this, read about
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<a href="cookies.xhtml">managing cookies</a>.</dd>
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<dt>for the current session only</dt>
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<dd>If this option is selected, cookie information will be removed when you restart
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&brandShortName;. Web sites requiring the use of cookies will still work, but if you restart
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&brandShortName;, the Web site will think that you logged into the site for the first time
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again.</dd>
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<dt>but ask before accepting</dt>
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<dd>When this option is enabled, a confirmation dialog will be displayed each time
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a site tries to save a cookie on your computer.</dd>
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</dl>
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<h3 id="cache">Cache</h3>
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<p>Pages you view are normally stored in a special cache folder for quicker viewing the next
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time you visit the same page. You can specify the amount of disk space the cache can use
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here.</p>
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<h2 id="web_features_options">Web Features Options</h2>
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<p><img width="425" height="310" alt="Preferences Window" src="images/opt_webfeatures.png"/></p>
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<p><em>Block Popup Windows</em><br/>By default, &brandShortName; blocks annoying popup windows
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on Web sites. Unchecking this option will disable popup blocking.</p>
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<p>Some sites make legitimate use of popup windows. Therefore, the popup blocking feature has
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a simple whitelist mechanism to allow certain sites to open popups anyway. To add a site to
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the whitelist, click <em>Add Site...</em>.</p>
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<p> To remove a site from the whitelist, select that site from the list and then click
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<em>Remove Site</em>. To clear the whitelist completely, click <em>Remove All Sites</em>.</p>
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<p><em>Enable Java</em><br/>Java is a popular programming language for the web developed by
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Sun Microsystems. A single Java program can run on many different kinds of computers, thus
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avoiding the need for programmers to create a separate version of each program for each
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kind of computer. Uncheck this option to disable Java applets in &brandShortName;. Note
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that in order for Java applets to work, you must install the Java plugin.</p>
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<p><em>Enable JavaScript</em><br/>JavaScript is a scripting language commonly used to
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construct web pages. JavaScript is often used to dynamically validate forms and select
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buttons. Disabling JavaScript may cause some sites to not work properly.</p>
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<p>While it is usually recommended to keep JavaScript enabled, there are some functions that
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you may want to disable. Click the <em>Advanced...</em> button to display these options.</p>
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<h3 id="allow_scripts_to">Allow scripts to:</h3>
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<dl>
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<dt>Move or resize existing windows</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this option to disable moving and resizing windows using scripts.</dd>
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<dt>Raise or lower windows</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this option to make sure scripts cannot raise or lower windows.</dd>
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<dt>Hide the status bar</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this option to force the status bar to be displayed in popup windows.</dd>
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<dt>Change status bar text</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this option to disable annoying status bar text scrolling and Web
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address hiding.</dd>
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<dt>Change images</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this option to disable changing of images. Disabling this can make
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some menus harder to navigate.</dd>
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</dl>
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<p><em>Load Images</em><br/>By default images are loaded on Web pages. Uncheck this
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option to disable images completely. If images are loaded, you can still specify not
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to load images from certain sites by clicking <em>Permissions...</em>.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><em>for the originating Web site only</em><br/>Enabling this option will make
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sure that only images located at the current Web site are loaded.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The Image Manager window lists all servers for which you are currently blocking images.
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To block a server (often an advertising server), right click on an image on
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a Web page and select <em>Block Images from <server></em>. To unblock a site, select
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that server from the Image Manager and click <em>Remove Site</em>. To unblock all sites
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so all images are shown, click <em>Remove All Sites</em>.</p>
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<h2 id="downloads_options">Downloads Options</h2>
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<p>This panel controls how &brandShortName; handles different file types such as applications,
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compressed files, and multimedia files.</p>
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<h3 id="download_folder">Download Folder</h3>
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<p><em>Ask me where to save every file</em><br/>This is the default option. &brandShortName;
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will ask you where you want the file to be saved whenever you download a file.</p>
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<p><em>Save all files to this folder:</em><br/>Alternatively, you can specify a default folder
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where all downloads will be saved, such as the "My Downloads" folder. You can browse to a
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specific folder by selecting <em>Other...</em> from the drop-down list of available folders. To show
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the folder, click the <em>Show Folder</em> button. This will open the folder in the default file
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manager.</p>
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<h3 id="file_types">File Types</h3>
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<p>This list contains file types that you have downloaded. You can choose what &brandShortName;
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should do when clicking on a specific file type. Select the file type you want to modify and
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click the <em>Change Action...</em> button.</p>
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<p>This will display the Change Action window, where you can choose to have the file type opened
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by an application or saved to disk. For example, if you view lots of media files on Web
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pages, you might want to specify that &brandShortName; always open media files in your media
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player insted of asking where you want each media file to be saved.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><em>Open them in the Default application:</em><br/>Select this option to open this file type
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in the default application for that file type (determined by the operating system).</li>
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<li><em>Open them in this application:</em><br/>Select this option to specify another application
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that should handle this file type. You will see a dialog asking you to specify the application
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to use.</li>
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<li><em>Save to Disk</em><br/>This option will save the files to disk. If you have the <em>Save
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all files to this folder</em> option selected, the files will be saved automatically.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>To remove an automatic rule for a file type, select that file type and click the <em>Remove</em>
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button.</p>
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<p>From the Downloads panel, you can also control the plug-ins for &brandShortName;. Click the
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<em>Plug-Ins...</em> button to display the Plug-Ins window:</p>
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<p>From this window, you can control which plug-ins for &brandShortName; can run. For example, if
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you don't like Flash animations in general but still find a need to have the plug-in installed,
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you can disable the plug-in here. This will block any Flash ads and animations until you enable
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the plug-in again.</p>
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<h2 id="themes_options">Themes Options</h2>
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<p><img width="425" height="310" alt="Preferences Window" src="images/opt_themes.png"/></p>
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<p>Switch themes and uninstall existing themes in this panel. Select a theme from the
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list and click <em>OK</em> to switch to that theme.</p>
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<p>To download more themes, click on the <em>Get New Themes</em> link.</p>
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<p>To uninstall a theme, select it and click <em>Uninstall Theme</em>. Note that you can't uninstall
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the theme that is currently loaded or the built-in themes Modern and &brandShortName;.</p>
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<h2 id="extensions_options">Extensions Options</h2>
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<p><img width="425" height="310" alt="Preferences Window" src="images/opt_extensions.png"/></p>
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<p>You can enable, disable, or change settings for installed extensions in this panel. To install
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extensions, click on the <em>Get New Extensions</em> link.</p>
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<p>Some extensions offer the ability to change settings. To change settings for an extension, select
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it and click <em>Settings</em>. This button is disabled if there are no settings for the selected
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extension.</p>
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<p>To disable an extension, select it and click <em>Disable Extension</em>. You can't uninstall an
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extension yet. This is planned in a future release of &brandShortName;.</p>
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<h2 id="advanced_options">Advanced Options</h2>
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<p>The advanced panel contains many options that are less likely to be used by most people but are still
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useful and sometimes critical options for some.</p>
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<h3 id="accessibility">Accessibility</h3>
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<p><em>Move system caret with focus/selection changes</em><br/>Specifies whether to move the system
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caret whenever the focus or selection changes. Some accessibility aids, such as screen readers and
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screen magnifiers, use the system caret to determine which area of the screen to read or magnify.</p>
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<p><em>Use Find As You Type</em><br/>Find As You Type is a very useful feature in &brandShortName;.
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It is a fast way of finding links or text in a Web page without the need of displaying complex
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search dialogs. Read more about Find As You Type at
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<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ui/accessibility/typeaheadfind.html">mozilla.org</a>.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><em>to search links only</em><br/>By default Find As You Type only searches text withing Web
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links. Uncheck this option to make Find As You Type search plain text as well.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="browsing">Browsing</h3>
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<p><em>Hide the tab bar when only one Web site is open</em><br/>If you're only viewing one Web page
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in a &brandShortName; window, the tab bar is not shown. Uncheck this option to always show the tab
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bar.</p>
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<p><em>Open links in the background</em><br/>When you middle-click on Web links (or hold down
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<em>Ctrl</em> while clicking with the left mouse button), the links will be opened in a
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new tab. That tab will not be shown directly; it will be loaded in a background tab.
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Uncheck this option to load the link in a foreground tab instead, which will show that tab
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directly.</p>
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<p><em>Use autoscrolling</em><br/>Autoscrolling is a useful feature which allows you to scroll
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the page by just holding down the middle mouse button (usually the scroll wheel) and move the
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mouse up or down. Some people find this annoying so here's the option for it.</p>
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<p><em>Use smooth scrolling</em><br/>Smooth scrolling is still somewhat experimental in
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&brandShortName;, but it can be very useful if you read a lot of long pages. Normally, when you
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press the Page Down key, the view jumps directly down one page. With Smooth Scrolling, it
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slides down more smoothly, so you are actually able to see how much it scrolls. This makes it
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easier to resume reading from where you were before.</p>
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<h3 id="multimedia">Multimedia</h3>
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<p><em>Resize large images to fit in the &brandShortName; window</em><br/>This feature is similar
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to the one seen in Internet Explorer. It makes images that are larger than can be fit on the
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screen shrink automatically so you can view the whole picture. Click on the image to view it at
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full size.</p>
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<h3 id="security">Security</h3>
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<p><em>Use SSL 2.0</em><br/>Specifies whether you want to send and receive secured information
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through SSL2 (Secured Sockets Layer Level 2), the standard protocol for secure transmissions.
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All secure Web sites support this protocol.</p>
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<p><em>Use SSL 3.0</em><br/>Specifies whether you want to send and receive secured information
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through SSL3 (Secured Sockets Layer Level 3), a protocol that is intended to be more secure
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than SSL2. Note that some Web sites may not support this protocol.</p>
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<p><em>Use TLS 1.0</em><br/>Specifies whether you want to send and receive secured information
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through TLS (Transport Layer Security), an open security standard similar to SSL3 (Secure
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Sockets Layer). Note that some Web sites may not support this protocol.</p>
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<h3 id="certificates">Certificates</h3>
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<p>The Certificates section is provisional and will be changed or removed in future releases.
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It is not covered in this document. Please consult the Mozilla help system for more
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information about the various options available here.</p>
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<h3 id="validation">Validation</h3>
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<p>The Validation section is provisional and will be changed or removed in future releases.
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It is not covered in this document. Please consult the Mozilla help system for more
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information about the various options available here.</p>
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<div class="contentsBox"><em>20 September 2003</em></div>
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<p>Copyright © 2003 Contributors to the Firebird Help Project.</p>
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