After you've got Firefox installed, you're going to want to set some basic options in order to make the Firefox browser work the best for your particular preferences. First, the "look" of Firefox takes a bit of getting used to after Internet Explorer. So, let's take a look at what some of these things are.
- Title Bar: this is the same as Internet Explorer. This is where the title of the page as determined by the web page's creator is displayed.
- Navigation Bar: Looks a bit different than IE, but we've got the same functions here: refresh, stop, home, forward, back.
- Menu Bar: Includes File, Edit, View, Go, Bookmarks, Tools, and Help.
- Bookmarks Toolbar: This is one feature of Firefox I especially appreciate. My frequent stops on the Web all have their own little spots of real estate on my browser.
- Tab Bar: This is where your tabs are going to show up once you start to open them. Each one of these tabs represents a new browser window, and you have the capability to switch in between them all.
- Live Bookmark(RSS): This little orange icon will show up in the right-hand corner of any page you land on that has an RSS feed.
- Search Bar: Firefox's Search Bar deserves its own article, but suffice it to say you'll be able to switch instantly between at least seven different search sites. Cool! We'll go more into these various settings in another tutorial; but now that we're all familiar with the Firefox window, let's get to security settings.
