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For Anyone Who Has Grown Disenchanted with Microsoft's Internet Explorer • Reviews Web Browser, Don't Click on the Blue E! Offers Help Don't Click on the Blue E! By Scott Granneman Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: April 2005 ISBN: 0-596-00939-9 Pages: 284 Table of • Contents • Index • Reviews Reader For anyone who has grown disenchanted with Microsoft's Internet Explorer • Reviews web browser, Don't Click on the Blue E! offers help. It gives non-technical • Errata users a convenient roadmap for switching to a better web browser-- • Academic Firefox. As the only book that covers the switch to Firefox, this how-to guide is a must for all those who want to browse faster, more securely, and more efficiently. Don't Click on the Blue E! By Scott Granneman Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: April 2005 ISBN: 0-596-00939-9 Pages: 284 Table of • Contents • Index • Reviews Reader • Reviews • Errata • Academic Copyright Preface Audience for This Book Organization of This Book Conventions Used in This Book We'd Like to Hear from You Safari Enabled Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Problem with the Blue E Section 1.1. Long, Long Ago...in Internet Time Section 1.2. Mosaic Section 1.3. Netscape Section 1.4. Microsoft, IE, and the Browser Wars Section 1.5. A Long Shot That Paid Off Section 1.6. IE and Windows: Joined at the Hip Section 1.7. The Blue E: The Achilles Heel of Windows Security Section 1.8. The Red Lizard and Its Children Section 1.9. Where to Learn More Chapter 2. Installing and Configuring Firefox Section 2.1. Installing Firefox Section 2.2. Running Firefox for the First Time Section 2.3. Starting Firefox Section 2.4. Just the Way You Want It: Options Section 2.5. Customize Your Toolbars Section 2.6. Help! Section 2.7. Firefox Profiles Section 2.8. Where to Learn More Chapter 3. Firefox Features Section 3.1. Getting Started with Firefox Section 3.2. Making Life Easier Section 3.3. Sidebars Section 3.4. Managers Section 3.5. Where to Learn More Chapter 4. Killer Firefox Add-Ons Section 4.1. Installing Plug-Ins for Multimedia and More Section 4.2. Changing the Look and Feel with Themes Section 4.3. Adding Features to Firefox with Extensions Section 4.4. Where to Learn More Chapter 5. Advanced Firefox Section 5.1. Searching Section 5.2. Live Bookmarks Section 5.3. Counteracting Web Annoyances Section 5.4. Safety and Security Section 5.5. Advanced Configuration Section 5.6. Contribute! Section 5.7. Where to Learn More Appendix A. Other Web Browsers Section A.1. Opera Section A.2. Camino Section A.3. Konqueror Section A.4. Safari Section A.5. OmniWeb Section A.6. Lynx Section A.7. Where to Learn More Appendix B. Firefox Options Section B.1. General Section B.2. Privacy Section B.3. Web Features Section B.4. Downloads Section B.5. Advanced Section B.6. Where to Learn More Colophon Index Copyright © 2005 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472. O'Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are also available for most titles (http://safari.oreilly.com). For more information, contact our corporate/institutional sales department: (800) 998-9938 or [email protected]. Nutshell Handbook, the Nutshell Handbook logo, and the O'Reilly logo are registered trademarks of O'Reilly Media, Inc. Don't Click on the Blue E! and related trade dress are trademarks of O'Reilly Media, Inc. The O'Reilly logo is a registered trademark of O'Reilly Media, Inc. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and O'Reilly Media, Inc. was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in caps or initial caps. Cover photograph of a red fox, © PeterLilja/Getty Images. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. Preface The reviews are in, and Firefox is a winner: InformationWeek, November 19, 2004 Firefox 1.0 is the first Web browser since October, 1997, that deserves serious consideration by the entire world of desktop computer users... I'm not going back to Internet Explorer 6.0." http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=53700761 eWeek, November 9, 2004 "...the free, open-source Firefox is the best stand-alone Web browser option available today and is generations ahead of Microsoft's IE." http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1722326,00.asp CNET, November 12, 2004 "Mozilla Firefox 1.0 is the dream Internet browser you've been looking for." http://reviews.cnet.com/Mozilla_Firefox_1_0/4505-9241_7-31117280.html Wired News, November 11, 2004 "The browser is an absolute joy to usesmart, fast and very user-friendly..." http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65668,00.html Firefox was officially released in early November 2004, but even before that, the word was out: this was a web browser that was definitely worth downloading and investigating. Now that Firefox has reached 1.0, the world can use it, and people are finding out that Firefox benefits just about everyone: Everyday users As I discuss in the first chapter of this book, Internet Explorer just doesn't cut it any more. It's buggy, insecure, and out of date, and it lacks features that Firefox has had since its beginning. Firefox is well-coded: if bugs are found, they're fixed at an incredible rate of speed. Firefox is secure: it doesn't engage in the risky behaviors that make IE so dangerous. Firefox is fresh, new, and hip: since it's an open source project, it's constantly being updated and improved by a team of developers all over the world. Firefox is feature-rich: it's probably the easiest browser in the world to use, but if you want to add a feature that you think is missing, it's incredibly easy to do so (as you'll see in Chapter 4). Power users If you're a member of this exalted group, you're in luckyou get all the benefits listed above, and more. Power users will find that Firefox is amazingly customizable, with all sorts of hidden extra goodies that are available to those who know where to look. Want to get to the good stuff? Jump ahead to Chapters Chapter 4 and Chapter 5they're going to make you very, very happy. Businesses Maybe they haven't told you yet, but trust me, your IT people are sick of having to deal with IE. The constant updates for the security issue du jour, the general flakiness, the spyware deposited on employee PCs every dayit all adds up to a never-ending headache. Your IT department can't just get rid of IE completelyMicrosoft has seen to thatbut by switching to Firefox, they'll definitely reduce the problems they have to face with IE, so they can go back to dealing with Bob in Accounting. Web developers Firefox is the browser of choice for most web developers. It has features that make web work fun and easy, and its ability to render correctly HTML, CSS, and other web technologies is a boon when creating web pages. Programmers A recent article on CNET (http://news.com.com/Firefox+fortune+hunters/2100-1032_3- 5455173.html) discussed how many programmers are starting to make good livings creating custom software that is based on Firefox. Why? Firefox has an architecture that makes it easy to add features, or even base whole programs on it; the installed base of users is constantly growing; and the browser is cross-platform, running on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. This is great news for developers. The Internet Thanks to Firefox, there's competition in the web browser space again, which is a good thing, even for people who don't use Firefox. Now that Microsoft is starting to feel some heat from Firefox, they'll (hopefully) start improving their moribund browser. Meanwhile, AOL is using Firefox as the basis for a new, rejuvenated Netscape. Web developers are being encouraged to create web sites not just for IE, but for a wider variety of web users. Firefox is helping to make the Web and the Internet a better place, and that alone is one heck of a benefit. This book is a guide to using Firefox and a celebration of all the wonderful things it can do. I know Firefox isn't perfect, but it's the best web browser available todayand, more importantly, the people behind Firefox are working to make it better every day. Audience for This Book This book is aimed at Windows users who are thinking about replacing the Blue E (Internet Explorer) and want to know how to install, configure, and use the Firefox web browser to its fullest capabilities. If you're not the most sophisticated computer user in the world, don't worry. You should be able to follow along with everything just fine, and you're going to learn some neat tricks that you'll really enjoy. If you're the kind of person who people call for computer help, you can probably skip the second chapter, but I guarantee that you will find plenty of great information in this book that you can use to make your ownand others'browsing experiences better. Finally, if you helped create Firefox, let me know if I got anything wrong, OK? : -) Organization of This Book Here's a brief overview of what's in the book: Chapter 1 This chapter justifies the first part of the book's title, explaining just what is wrong with the Blue EInternet Explorerand why other options are better.
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