Welcome to the Spoken tutorial on Advanced Firefox features in Mozilla Firefox.
In this tutorial, we will learn about Advanced Firefox features- Quick find link Firefox Sync Plug-ins.
Here, we are using Firefox 7.0 on Ubuntu 10.04.
Let us open the Firefox browser.
By default, the "yahoo" home page opens.
Now, let's learn about searching for links in Firefox.
Firefox allows you to search for and find links within a web-page.
In the Address bar, type: www. Google.co.in and press Enter.
Notice that the cursor is now placed inside the Google search bar.
Next, click the cursor any where on the page outside the search bar.
Now from the keyboard, press the apostrophe key.
The Quick Find links only search box appears at the bottom left corner of the window.
Inside this box, let's type Bengali. Notice that the link Bengali is highlighted.
You can now search quickly and easily for links within a web page.
Suppose, you want to access the Firefox browser with your settings and preferences from any other computer or device, like your mobile phone, will that be possible?
Yes! The Firefox Sync feature stores all your browser data like- bookmarks, history and installed extensions securely on a Mozilla server.
You can Sync other computers to this server and so you can access your browser data.
Now, let's enable the Sync features.
From the Menu bar, click Tools and Set Up Sync . The Firefox Sync Setup dialog box appears.
As we are using Sync for the first time, click Create a New Account.
The Account Details dialog box appears.
For the purpose of this tutorial, we have already created a g-mail account-
ST.USERFF@gmail.com. In the Email Address field, enter ST.USERFF@gmail.com.
In Choose a Password field, let's enter the password.
In the Confirm Password field, re-enter the password.
By default, the server- Firefox Sync Server is selected.
We will not change the settings. Check the “Terms of Service” and “Privacy Policy” box.
Click Next. Firefox displays the Sync Key.
This is the key which you must enter in other systems to access your Sync from those machines.
Click the Save button. In the Save Sync Key dialog box that appears,
browse to the Desktop. Click Save.
The 'Firefox sync key.html' file is saved as the HTML file in the desktop.
Make a note of this key and save the number where you can access it easily.
You will not be able to access your Sync account from other computer without entering this key.
Click Next. In the Confirm you are not a Robot dialog box,
enter the words displayed in the box. The setup is complete.
Click on the Sync Options button on the left of the Firefox Sync Setup dialog box.
You can set your Sync options here.
For the purpose of this tutorial, we shall not change the default option. Click Done.
Click Next. Firefox verifies the contents. Then the Finish button is displayed, click Finish.
You have setup 'Firefox Sync' on your computer.
And now, how do you access your browser data from another computer?
You need Sync to other computer or device tool.
For the purpose of this tutorial, we shall list these instructions in slides.
You can follow these instructions to 'Sync' your other computer or device.
Open the Firefox browser in the other computer or device.
From the Menu bar, click Tools and Setup Firefox Sync.
Click I have a Firefox Sync account. Enter your email-id and password.
Enter your Sync key . Click Finish.
The other computer is also Sync now. You can access your browser data from the other computer tools.
You can also save new bookmark and change your preferences here.
These changes will be automatically updated in the Sync manager.
Finally, let's learn how to Sync an original computer with the updated data in the Sync manager.
Now from the Menu bar, click Tools.
Notice that the Sync options now displays as Sync Now.
You can click on it to 'Sync' your data with the 'Sync manager'.
You may also want to delete your Firefox Sync account or clear your Sync data.
How do you do this? This is simple too.
Open a new browser. In the Address bar, type: https://account.services.mozilla.com. Press Enter.
In the Username, enter: "ST.USERFF@gmail.com".
Now enter the password. Click Login.
The Firefox Sync webpage opens.
You can now modify the Firefox settings and data.
Let's logout of this page now.
Now, let's learn about plug-ins. What is a Plug-in?
A plug-in is a software program that adds a specific functionality to the Firefox browser.
However, plug-ins are different from extensions.
plug-ins are programs, created by other companies.
Plug-ins integrate third party programs into the Firefox browser.
Plug-ins let you play videos, view multi-media content, perform virus scans and 'power animation in firefox'.
For e.g: Flash is a plug-in you installed to view videos in the Firefox browser.
Let's view the plug-ins that are installed in Firefox.
From Menu bar, select Tools and addons
The addon manager tab opens. From the left panel, click plug-ins.
The right panel now displays the plug-ins that are installed on your computer.
And how do you install plug-ins?
Each plug-in has to be downloaded from the relevant website and then installed on your computer.
The installation procedure may be different for each plug-in.
To learn more about plug-ins available for mozilla firefox and instructions on how to install them, please visit the mozilla website.
Let's close this browser.
To disable the plug-ins, simply click the Disable button.
This brings us to the end of this tutorial.
In this tutorial, we learnt about: Quick Find Link Firefox Sync and Plug-ins.
Here is an assignment for you-
Download and install 3 plug-ins for Firefox.
Create a 'Firefox Sync account'. Access your Firefox browser from another computer.
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