popup blocking. How do I do this?
Yes. Choose Browser only
as your download or install option.
The first time you run the browser, it should ask you if you want to make Mozilla your default browser. If you answered ‘no’ and later decide you would like it to act as your default browser:
Windows::
Go to Edit | Preferences | Navigator. Click Set Default Browser
.
Mac OS X (10.3 or later): Go to Safari | Preferences | General.
Mac OS X (10.0 to 10.2): Go to the Apple menu | System Preferences | Internet | Web.
GNOME (Unix/Linux): Open the Control Panel. Go to Document Handlers | URL Handlers | Default (see screenshot). Enter the following text in: ~/.gnome/gnome-moz-remote (create the file if it does not exist):
[Mozilla] filename=absolute path of Mozilla install directory/mozilla
This is a security precaution to help avoid malicious software getting onto your system or network. Not allowing a program to run directly from an Internet location allows you to make sure that what you are running is indeed what it seems, and to scan the file with anti-virus software if necessary.
Other files (documents) can still be launched directly from Mozilla.
Open the Preferences dialog (Edit | Preferences). Open Advanced | System catagory. In the file association box, uncheck all checkboxes for images. Mozilla will revert them back to their previous settings.
Mozilla works with most popular plug-ins (such as Java, QuickTime,
RealPlayer, and Flash) without manual configuration. To see
which plug-ins Mozilla has detected, open the Help menu and choose
About Plug-ins
.
The Mozilla installer does not come with any plug-in. Some pre-installed plug-ins may need to be installed again. Details on installing common plug-ins is available at PluginDoc.
You can control how Internet files are handled (e.g. if it should be downloaded or opened by a specific application) in Edit | Preferences | Navigator | Helper Applications .
Mozilla does not support ActiveX controls natively. A plug-in for ActiveX controls is in development, with limitations: it will not download or install controls itself, and it will only host controls that are already installed and marked safe for scripting, so it is not as insecure as ActiveX normally is. The current plug-in does not yet allow controls to be scripted.
You can read about the plug-in at the Mozilla ActiveX Project.
Note that ActiveX can pose a security risk to your computer.
about:configin the Location Bar. Find the item
plugin.display_plugin_downloader_dialogand set its value to false.
You can install any one of the following extensions: FlashBlock, Preferences Toolbar, and Adblock.
Text zoom (View | Text Zoom) is meant for temporary fix for pages with text too large or too small. If the default font size is not working for you, you can change it in the Preferences. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. Double click Appearance and choose Fonts. On the right panel set the font sizes. You can also set the mininmum font size. (Note: font setting depends on language, so you may want to fiddle with size settings for each language.)
Tabbed browsing allows you to browse multiple pages without having to deal with multiple windows. The following are some tips on using tabbed browsing:
To open a new tab, press Ctrl+T.
Note: On Mac OS X, use Cmd instead of Ctrl.
To cycle (move) between tabs, press Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDn.
You can configure Mozilla to open a new tab when you Ctrl++click or middle-click a link, or when you press Ctrl+Enter when entering an address in the Location Bar.
To configure, open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences. Go to Navigator | Tabbed Browsing.
You can also configure Mozilla to open new tabs in the background (when a new tab is opened, the view focus stays at the original tab). This is especially useful if you are reading a long article, and you want to load some pages without leaving the current page.
To save a window of tabs as a group bookmark, open the Bookmarks menu
and choose Bookmark This Group of Tabs
.
You can extend the tabbed browser feature by installing tabs and windows extensions.
popup blocking. How do I do this?
Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
Go to Privacy & Security | Popup Windows and check Block unrequested popup
windows
.
You can add mouse gesture functionality via various mouse gestures extensions.
By default, Mozilla restrict to the number of simultaneous downloads to four. If there are more than four downloads, Mozilla will wait until one of the first four to finish before beginning the next download. To change this restriction:
about:configin the Location Bar
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server
network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy
Note the default values are meant to ensure that users don't hog too much bandwidth from a single source, and they should be adequate for most download activities. It is suggested to change these defaults responsibly.
Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
Go to Advanced | HTTP Networking and check Enable Pipelining
.
This fetches everything on the page in a single connection, rather than one
connection per item.
It is switched off by default because some servers and proxies have problems with pipelining, but it tremendously improves browsing performance.
In Windows 98, open the Control Panel (Start | Settings | Control
Panel). Double-click Internet Options. Select the Connections tab.
Set the dial option to Dial whenever a network connection is not
present
. Also, select one of the dialup connections and press the
Set Default
button.
In Windows 2000 or Windows XP, open the Control Panel (Start | Settings | Control Panel). Open Administrative Tools. Open Services. Look for the following services:
Set the startup type of those services to automatic.
Note: Mozilla cannot auto-disconnect.
If you want to turn on auto-connect for other Internet clients but turn
it off for Mozilla, enter about:config
in the Location Bar.
Find the item network.autodial-helper.enabled
and set its value
to false.