Mozilla Firefox
I’m sure you’ve all heard of Internet Explorer – the Microsoft browser that comes with any Windows PC. The YPRL PCs all have an alternative web browser available for use – Mozilla Firefox (you can check out this cute animation advertising Firefox if you like
Mozilla are a global community who believe in the power of technology to enrich people’s lives, and as a result they enable open source software (free code!) to enable some of the most innovative tools on the web. Firefox is a result of that philosophy.
But one of the best features of Firefox is the Add-ons.
Add-ons are “extras” such as toolbars, themes and search providers that assist you to perform ordinary and regular tasks in your web browser. For example, the Delicious add-on allows you to (once signed in) add a webpage to your delicious account by a handy button in your web browser.
Resources
A rather blurry clip for how to install add-ons.
Some Add-ons for you to try
- Delicious
- Read It Later
- Gmail Manager
- Dictionary.com
Activity
Search for some add-ons that you may find useful and then tweet about them. What did you think about add-ons? Which ones have you installed?
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