Mozilla Firefox NIS Infoconference Presented by: Stephen K. Anthony – CISTI Technology and Research 2006-10-26

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Popularity Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

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Operating Systems Windows 98 Windows ME Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 Windows XP ( Recommended ) Windows Server 2003 Linux kernel - 2.2.14 or higher Mac OS X 10.2.x and later Available in over 30 languages, including English and French.

Windows 98

Windows ME

Windows NT 4.0

Windows 2000

Windows XP ( Recommended )

Windows Server 2003

Linux kernel - 2.2.14 or higher

Mac OS X 10.2.x and later

Available in over 30 languages, including English and French.

Features All the usual things you expect in a web browser plus: tabbed browsing popup blocking easy search simple privacy better bookmarks/history management

All the usual things you expect in a web browser plus:

tabbed browsing

popup blocking

easy search

simple privacy

better bookmarks/history management

Features accessible, responsive, intelligent customizable and extendable good download management standards compliant simple and straight-forward

accessible, responsive, intelligent

customizable and extendable

good download management

standards compliant

simple and straight-forward

Customizable Any and all parts of Firefox are customizable. You can change or code to all the buttons, functions, menus. Allows for fantastic extensibility. Plugins can be created or downloaded to extend the existing functionality of Firefox. It is extremely fast and easy to do, as compared with most other browsers. Very popular with library developers.

Any and all parts of Firefox are customizable.

You can change or code to all the buttons, functions, menus.

Allows for fantastic extensibility.

Plugins can be created or downloaded to extend the existing functionality of Firefox.

It is extremely fast and easy to do, as compared with most other browsers.

Very popular with library developers.

Firefox in the library Custom searches Extensions and toolbars for libraries Greasemonkey COinS Help bring the library services to the patron, instead of bringing the patron to the library (website).

Custom searches

Extensions and toolbars for libraries

Greasemonkey

COinS

Help bring the library services to the patron, instead of bringing the patron to the library (website).

Nifty tidbit Try the Google Firefox Sync tool: http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/

Try the Google Firefox Sync tool:

http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/

Links Mozilla Firefox - http://www. mozilla .com/ Firefox Extensions - https:// addons . mozilla .org/ Firefox Features - http://www.switch2firefox.com/ Firefox stuff for CISTI - http://lab. cisti - icist . nrc - cnrc . gc .ca/ Google Firefox Tools - http://www. google .com/tools/ firefox /

Mozilla Firefox - http://www. mozilla .com/

Firefox Extensions - https:// addons . mozilla .org/

Firefox Features - http://www.switch2firefox.com/

Firefox stuff for CISTI - http://lab. cisti - icist . nrc - cnrc . gc .ca/

Google Firefox Tools - http://www. google .com/tools/ firefox /