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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"[
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<!ENTITY % brandDTD SYSTEM "chrome://branding/locale/brand.dtd" >
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%brandDTD;
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<!ENTITY % platformDTD SYSTEM "chrome://help/locale/platformStrings.dtd" >
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%platformDTD;
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]>
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<!--
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Contributors:
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David Tenser <tenser@comhem.se> (original author)
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Steffen Wilberg <steffen.wilberg@web.de>
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-->
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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<head>
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<title>&brandFullName; Options</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="chrome://help/skin/helpFileLayout.css"/>
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<style type="text/css">
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img { display: none; }
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</style>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>&brandFullName; &pref.pluralCaps;</h1>
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<p>This document explains all of the &pref.plural; available in the
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&pref.pluralCaps; window of &brandFullName;.</p>
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<div class="contentsBox">In this section:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#general_options">General &pref.pluralCaps;</a></li>
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<li><a href="#privacy_options">Privacy &pref.pluralCaps;</a></li>
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<li><a href="#content_options">Content &pref.pluralCaps;</a></li>
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<li><a href="#tabs_options">Tabs &pref.pluralCaps;</a></li>
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<li><a href="#downloads_options">Downloads &pref.pluralCaps;</a></li>
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<li><a href="#advanced_options">Advanced &pref.pluralCaps;</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h2 id="general_options">General &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
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<p><img width="425" height="353" alt=""
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src="&images.baseURL;/opt_general.png"/></p>
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<h3 id="home_page">Home Page</h3>
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<p>Here you can specify the page (or tab group) that
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&brandShortName; will show when you launch it or press the Home button.
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Enter the address in the Location(s) field.</p>
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<p>Click <em>Use Current Page(s)</em> to use the page you're currently
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visiting. You can also use <strong>multiple home pages</strong>. If more
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than one browser tab is currently opened, this button will set the
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<strong>whole tab group</strong> as a start page.</p>
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<p>To specify the home page(s) using a bookmark, click <em>Use
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Bookmark...</em>. Selecting a whole bookmark folder will load all the
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bookmarks inside it in tabs.</p>
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<p>If you don't want a home page to be loaded, click <em>Use Blank
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Page</em>.</p>
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<h3 class="noMac" id="default_browser">Default Browser</h3>
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<p class="noMac"><em>&brandShortName; should check to see if it is the default
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browser when starting</em><br/>
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Check this option if you want &brandShortName; to check whether it is the
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default browser when starting. This will ensure &brandShortName; is used
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whenever an application tries to display a web page or when you open
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an HTML file. You can also click the <em>Check Now</em> button to do a
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check right now.</p>
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<h3 id="connection_settings">Connection Settings</h3>
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<p><img width="275" height="296" alt=""
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src="&images.baseURL;/opt_connection.png"/></p>
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<p>Your organization or Internet service provider may offer or require you
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to use a proxy. A proxy acts as an intermediary between your computer and
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the Internet. It intercepts all requests to the Internet to see if it can
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fulfill the request using its cache. Proxies are used to improve
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performance, filter requests, and hide your computer from the Internet to
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improve security. Proxies are often part of a corporate firewall.</p>
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<h4>Connection Settings dialog:</h4>
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<dl>
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<dt>Direct connection to the Internet</dt>
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<dd>This is the default &pref.singular;. Choose this if you don't want
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to use a proxy.</dd>
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<dt>Auto-detect proxy settings for this network</dt>
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<dd>Choose this if you want &brandShortName; to automatically detect the
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proxy settings for your network.</dd>
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<dt>Manual proxy configuration</dt>
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<dd>Choose this if you don't have a proxy location (URL). Ask your
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system administrator for the names and port numbers of the servers
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running proxy software for each network service and enter the
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information in the appropriate fields.</dd>
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<dt>Automatic proxy configuration URL</dt>
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<dd>If your workplace has a proxy configuration file, ask the system
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administrator for its URL and enter it here. Click <em>Reload</em> to
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load the settings.</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2 id="privacy_options">Privacy &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
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<p><img width="425" height="353" alt=""
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src="&images.baseURL;/opt_privacy.png"/></p>
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<p>The Privacy panel contains &pref.plural; related to your privacy. As you
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browse the web, information on where you have been, what pages you have
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visited, etc. are stored here. You can click the <em>Clear</em> button on
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each tab to clear that information.</p>
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<h3 id="sanitize">Sanitize Settings</h3>
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<p>&brandShortName; also allows you to clear certain or all items by pressing
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&accelKey;+&shiftKey;+<kbd>Del</kbd> or selecting <span class="menuPath">
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Tools > Sanitize &brandShortName;...</span>. You can also change the
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&pref.singular; to make &brandShortName; clear your data when you close
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&brandShortName;. &pref.pluralCaps; for this are in the <em>Sanitize
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&brandShortName;...</em> dialog.</p>
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<p>To display section-specific &pref.plural;, display a section by clicking on
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its tab.</p>
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<h3 id="privacy_history">History</h3>
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<p>Here you can specify how long you want &brandShortName; to remember what
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pages you have visited. The default is 9 days.</p>
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<h3 id="privacy_saved_forms">Saved Forms</h3>
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<p><em>Save information I enter in forms and the Search bar</em><br/>
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When you enter information in web forms, &brandShortName;
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remembers what you type and automatically makes suggestions when you enter
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information again. To stop this behavior, uncheck this &pref.singular;.</p>
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<h3 id="privacy_passwords">Passwords</h3>
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<p><em>Remember Passwords</em><br/>
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&brandShortName; can securely save passwords you enter in web forms to
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make it easier to log on to web sites. Clear this checkbox to prevent
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&brandShortName; from remembering your passwords.</p>
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<p id="set_change_master_password"><em>Set/Change Master Password...</em><br/>
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&brandShortName; can protect sensitive information such as saved passwords
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and certificates. If you create a Master Password, &brandShortName; will ask
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you to enter it once per session as soon as it is needed. You can set or
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change the master password by clicking this button.</p>
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<p id="remove_master_password"><em>Remove Master Password...</em><br/>
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Click this button to remove your current master password. You will have to
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enter your current master password to do this.</p>
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<p><em>View Saved Passwords</em><br/>
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You can manage saved passwords and delete individual passwords by clicking
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the <em>View Saved Passwords</em> button.</p>
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<h3 id="privacy_download_history">Download History</h3>
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<p>The Download Manager (accessible from <span class="menuPath">Tools</span>
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or by pressing
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<span class="noUnix">&accelKey;+<kbd>J</kbd></span><span class="unix">&accelKey;+<kbd>Y</kbd></span>)
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stores shortcuts to your recent downloads. The Downloads &pref.plural; are
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available in the <strong>Downloads panel</strong>.</p>
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<p><em>Remove files from the Download Manager:</em><br/>
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Choose whether the list of the recently downloaded files is purged <em>upon
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successful download</em>, or <em>when &brandShortName; exits</em>, or
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whether you want to purge the list <em>manually</em>. To purge the list,
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click the <em>Clear Download History Now</em> button below or the
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<em>Clean Up</em> button in the Download Manager.</p>
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<h3 id="privacy_cookies">Cookies</h3>
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<p>A cookie is a file created by a web site that stores information on your
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computer, such as your preferences when visiting that site.</p>
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<p><em>Allow sites to set cookies</em><br/>
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By default cookies are enabled. Uncheck this &pref.singular; to disable
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the use of cookies. Note that some sites may not work properly when
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cookies are disabled.</p>
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<p>To display the Cookie Manager click <em>View Cookies</em>.</p>
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<p>Learn more about cookies, the individual &pref.plural;, and how you can
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gain control over what sites are allowed to store cookies on your computer
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by reading about <a href="cookies.xhtml">Managing Cookies</a>.</p>
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<h3 id="privacy_cache">Cache</h3>
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<p>Pages you view are normally stored in a special cache folder for quicker
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viewing the next time you visit the same page. You can specify the amount
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of disk space the cache can use here.</p>
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<h2 id="content_options">Content &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
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<p><img width="425" height="315" alt=""
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src="&images.baseURL;/opt_webfeatures.png"/></p>
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<p><em>Block Popup Windows</em><br/>
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By default, &brandShortName; blocks annoying popup windows on web sites.
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Unchecking this &pref.singular; will disable popup blocking.</p>
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<p>Some web sites make legitimate use of popup windows. Therefore, you can
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allow these sites to open popups anyway. To do so, click <em>Allowed
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Sites</em>, enter the site name, and click <em>Allow</em>.</p>
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<p>To remove a web site from the list, select it and then click <em>Remove
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Site</em>. To clear the list completely, click <em>Remove All Sites</em>.</p>
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<p><em>Allow web sites to install software</em><br/>
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By default, web sites are allowed to install software such as extensions
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and themes. However, &brandShortName; will always ask you to confirm
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software installations. Uncheck this &pref.singular; to completely disable
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extension and theme installation.</p>
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<p>Enabling this &pref.singular; is sufficient to install themes. Extensions
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are more powerful than themes, however, so you must explicitly allow a web
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site to install its extensions. To do so, click <em>Allowed Sites</em>,
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enter the site name, and click <em>Allow</em>.</p>
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<p><em>Load Images</em><br/>
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By default images are loaded on web pages. Uncheck this &pref.singular;
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to disable images completely.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><em>for the originating web site only</em><br/>
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Enabling this &pref.singular; will make sure that only images located at
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the current web site are loaded.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><img width="247" height="291" alt=""
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src="&images.baseURL;/opt_imagemanager.png"/></p>
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<p>Depending on if you enable images, you can change which sites are
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blocked or which sites can load images by clicking <em>Exceptions</em>.
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Enter the site you want to allow/deny images from and click
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<em>Allow</em> to allow images, or click <em>Block</em> to block the
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images.</p>
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<p><em>Enable Java</em><br/>
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Java is a popular programming language for the web developed by Sun
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Microsystems. A single Java program can run on many different kinds of
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computers, thus avoiding the need for programmers to create a separate
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version of each program for each kind of computer.
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Uncheck this &pref.singular; to disable Java applets in &brandShortName;.
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Note that in order for Java applets to work, you must install the Java
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plugin.</p>
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<p><em>Enable JavaScript</em><br/>
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JavaScript is a scripting language commonly used to construct web pages.
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JavaScript is often used to dynamically validate forms and select buttons.
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Disabling JavaScript may cause some sites to not work properly.</p>
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<p>Having JavaScript enabled exposes you to certain annoyances. Select the
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<em>but disable common annoyances</em> checkbox to disallow sites to
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move or resize existing windows,
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raise or lower windows,
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disable or replace context menus,
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hide the status bar,
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or change status bar text.</p>
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<h3 id="fonts_and_colors">Fonts & Colors</h3>
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<p><em>Default Font</em> and <em>Size</em><br/>
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Web pages are usually displayed in the font and size specified here.
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However, web pages may override these choices unless you specify otherwise
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in the Advanced Fonts dialog.</p>
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<p>Click the <em>Advanced...</em> button to access more fonts &pref.plural;.</p>
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<p><img width="305" height="296" alt=""
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src="&images.baseURL;/opt_fontsandcolors.png"/></p>
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<h4>Advanced Fonts Dialog:</h4>
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<ol>
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<li>From the <em>Fonts for</em> drop-down list, choose a language group/script.
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For instance, to set default fonts for the West European
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languages/scripts (Latin), choose <em>Western</em>. For a
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language/script not yet in the list, choose <em>Other Languages</em>.</li>
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<li>Select whether proportional text should be serif (like "Times
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New Roman") or sans-serif (like "Arial"). Then specify
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the font size you want for proportional text.</li>
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<li>Specify the font to use for Serif, Sans-serif and Monospace fonts.
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You can also change the size for <code>Monospace fonts</code>.</li>
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</ol>
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<p>You can also specify the display resolution, which is normally 96
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dpi.</p>
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<p>Furthermore, you can set the minimum font size to be used on screen.
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This can be useful on some sites that use very small fonts that are
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barely readable.</p>
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<p><em>Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections
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above</em><br/>
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By default &brandShortName; uses the fonts specified by the web page
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author. Disabling this &pref.singular; will force all sites to use your
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default fonts instead.</p>
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<p><em>Character Encoding</em><br/>
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The character encoding selected here will be used to display pages that
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do not specify which encoding to use.</p>
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<h4>Colors Dialog:</h4>
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<p><strong>Text and Background</strong><br/>
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Here you can change the default text and background color to be used on
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web pages that haven't specified that information. Click on the color
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samples to select colors.</p>
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<p><em>Use system colors</em><br/>
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Check this &pref.singular; to use the colors defined in your OS settings
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instead of the colors specified above.</p>
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<p><strong>Link Colors</strong><br/>
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Here you can change the default colors for Web links. Click on the color
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samples to select colors.</p>
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<p><em>Underline links</em><br/>
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By default, links are underlined on web pages. Uncheck this &pref.singular;
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to disable this. Note that many sites specify their own styling rules
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and this &pref.singular; has no effect on those sites.</p>
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<p><em>Allow pages to choose their own colors, instead of my selections
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above</em><br/>
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By default, &brandShortName; uses the colors specified by the web page
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author. Disabling this &pref.singular; will force all sites to use your
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default colors instead.</p>
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<h2 id="tabs_options">Tabs &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
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<p><em>Open links from other applications in:</em><br/>
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When other applications on your computer display a web page, &brandShortName;
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opens the page in the most recently displayed tab or window. You can make
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&brandShortName; open the page elsewhere by changing this
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&pref.singular;.</p>
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<p><em>Force links that open new windows to open in:</em><br/>
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&brandShortName; opens new windows from links when web pages request them.
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If you prefer to use tabs as you browse, this behavior may be
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counterproductive. You can force &brandShortName; to open links that would
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normally be opened in new windows to be opened elsewhere. To do so, select
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the checkbox for this &pref.singular; and choose the behavior you desire.</p>
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<p><em>Hide the tab bar when only one web site is open</em><br/>
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If you're only viewing one web page in a &brandShortName; window, the tab
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bar is not shown. Uncheck this &pref.singular; to always show the tab bar.</p>
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<p><em>Select new tabs opened from links</em><br/>
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When you middle-click on Web links (or hold down &accelKey; while clicking
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with the left mouse button), the links will be opened in a new tab. That tab
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will not be shown directly; it will be loaded in a background tab. Check
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this &pref.singular; to load the link in a foreground tab instead, which
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will show that tab directly.</p>
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<p><em>Warn when closing multiple tabs</em><br/>
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When you close a window with multiple tabs, &brandShortName; will ask you to
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confirm your choice. This prevents you from accidentally closing the whole
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window when you wish to close only the current tab. Uncheck this box to skip
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past the warning and have &brandShortName; automatically close the window.</p>
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<h2 id="downloads_options">Downloads &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
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<p><img src="&images.baseURL;/opt_downloads.png"
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width="425" height="353" alt=""/></p>
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<p>This panel controls how &brandShortName; handles different file types
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such as applications, compressed files, and multimedia files.</p>
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<h3 id="download_folder">Download Folder</h3>
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<p><em>Ask me where to save every file</em><br/>
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&brandShortName; will ask you where you want the file to be saved whenever
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you download a file.</p>
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<p><em>Save all files to this folder:</em><br/>
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This is the default &pref.singular; in &brandShortName;, and the default
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folder is the Desktop. You can specify a different folder where all
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downloads will be saved by clicking the <em>Browse</em> button.</p>
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<h3 id="download_manager">Download Manager</h3>
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<p><em>Show Download Manager when a download begins</em><br/>
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Select whether or not you want the Download Manager to automatically
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appear when a download begins.</p>
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<p><em>Close the download manager when all downloads are complete</em><br/>
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Select whether or not you want the Download Manager to be closed when all
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downloads are complete.</p>
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<h3 id="download_actions">Download Actions</h3>
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<p>The Download Actions dialog, which can be opened by clicking the <em>View
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& Edit Actions...</em> button, contains file types that you have
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downloaded. You can choose what &brandShortName; should do when clicking
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on a specific file type by selecting the file type you want to modify and
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clicking the <em>Change Action...</em> button.</p>
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<p>This will display the Change Action dialog, where you can choose to have
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the file type opened by the default application, opened by a user-selected
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application, saved to disk, or shown with an installed plugin. For
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example, if you view lots of media files on web pages, you might want to
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specify that &brandShortName; always open media files in your media player
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instead of asking where you want each media file to be saved.</p>
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<p><img width="293" height="236" alt=""
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src="&images.baseURL;/opt_downloadaction.png"/></p>
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<ul>
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<li><em>Open them with the default application:</em><br/>
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Select this &pref.singular; to open this file type in the default
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application for that file type (determined by the operating system).</li>
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<li><em>Open them with this application:</em><br/>
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Select this &pref.singular; to specify another application that should
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handle this file type. You will see a dialog asking you to specify the
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application to use.</li>
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<li><em>Save them on my computer:</em><br/>
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This &pref.singular; will save the files to disk. If you have the
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<em>Save all files to this folder</em> &pref.singular; enabled, the files
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will be saved automatically.</li>
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<li><em>Use this Plugin:</em><br/>
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Select this &pref.singular; to let a plugin handle this file type.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>To remove an automatic rule for a file type, select that file type in the
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Download Actions dialog and click the <em>Remove Action</em> button.</p>
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<h2 id="advanced_options">Advanced &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
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<p>The advanced panel contains many &pref.plural; that are less likely to be
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used by most people but are still useful and sometimes critical &pref.plural;
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for some people.</p>
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<h3 id="advanced_general">General tab</h3>
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<p><img src="&images.baseURL;/opt_advanced.png"
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width="425" height="318" alt=""/></p>
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<h4 id="accessibility">Accessibility</h4>
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<p><em>Allow text to be selected with the keyboard</em><br/>
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Also known as Caret Browsing, this specifies whether a moveable cursor
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is displayed, allowing you to select text with the keyboard. Some
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accessibility aids, such as screen readers and screen magnifiers, use
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the system caret to determine which area of the screen to read or
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magnify. You can toggle this mode by pressing <kbd>F7</kbd>.</p>
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<p><em>Begin finding when you begin typing</em><br/>
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When this &pref.singular; is enabled, &brandShortName; will find within
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the current web page what you type as you type it. While you are finding
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typed text in the page, the Find Toolbar will automatically display at
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the bottom of the window to show information about what you've found.</p>
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<h4 id="browsing">Browsing</h4>
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<p><em>Resize large images to fit in the browser window</em><br/>
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This feature is similar to the one seen in Internet Explorer. It makes
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images that are larger than can be fit on the screen shrink automatically
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so you can view the whole picture. Click on the image to view it at full
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size.</p>
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<p><em>Use autoscrolling</em><br/>
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Autoscrolling is a useful feature which allows you to scroll the page by
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just holding down the middle mouse button (usually the scroll wheel) and
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move the mouse up or down. Some people find this annoying, so
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autoscrolling can be disabled with this &pref.singular;.</p>
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<p><em>Use smooth scrolling</em><br/>
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Smooth scrolling can be very useful if you read a lot of long pages.
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Normally, when you press <kbd>Page Down</kbd>, the view jumps directly
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down one page. With smooth scrolling, it slides down more smoothly, so
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you can see how much it scrolls. This makes it easier to resume reading
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from where you were before.</p>
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<h4 id="languages">Languages</h4>
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<p><img width="308" height="252" alt=""
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src="&images.baseURL;/opt_languages.png"/></p>
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<p>Some web pages are offered in more than one language. Click the
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<em>Edit Languages...</em> button to specify your preferred languages.</p>
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<p><strong>Languages Dialog:</strong><br/>
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To add a language, press <em>Select a language to add...</em>, choose
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the language, and click the <em>Add</em> button. Remove a language by
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selecting it in the list of active languages and clicking the
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<em>Remove</em> button.</p>
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<p>You can reorder languages to determine the preferred one in case a page
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is provided in two or more of your selected languages. Do this using the
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<em>Move Up</em> and <em>Move Down</em> buttons.</p>
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<h3 id="advanced_update">Update tab</h3>
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<p>&brandShortName; can check whether new versions of your installed
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extensions, themes, or &brandShortName; itself are available.</p>
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<p><strong>&brandShortName;</strong><br/>
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By default, &brandShortName; will periodically check and notify you when a
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new version is available. Uncheck this &pref.singular; to disable the
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periodic check.</p>
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<p><strong>My Extensions and Themes</strong><br/>
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By default, &brandShortName; will periodically check and notify you when a
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new version for one of your installed extensions or themes is available.
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Uncheck this &pref.singular; to disable the periodic check.</p>
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<p>Click the appropriate <em>Check Now</em> button to manually perform a
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check for updates to &brandShortName; or extensions and themes.</p>
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<h3 id="advanced_security">Security tab</h3>
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<h4 id="protocols">Protocols</h4>
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<p><em>Use SSL 2.0</em><br/>
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Specifies whether you want to send and receive secured information
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through SSL2 (Secure Sockets Layer Level 2), the standard protocol for
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secure transmissions. All secure web sites support this protocol.</p>
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<p><em>Use SSL 3.0</em><br/>
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Specifies whether you want to send and receive secured information
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through SSL3 (Secure Sockets Layer Level 3), a protocol that is intended
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to be more secure than SSL2. Note that some web sites may not support
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this protocol.</p>
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<p><em>Use TLS 1.0</em><br/>
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Specifies whether you want to send and receive secured information
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through TLS (Transport Layer Security), an open security standard
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similar to SSL3 (Secure Sockets Layer). Note that some web sites may not
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support this protocol.</p>
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<h4 id="certificates">Certificates</h4>
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<p>Certificates help perform encryption and decryption of connections to
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<a href="glossary.xhtml#secure_site">secure sites</a>.</p>
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<p><em>When a web site requires a certificate:</em><br/>
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When a web site requests a secure connection, &brandShortName; will by
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default automatically use an appropriate certificate. If you wish to
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manually choose a certificate (for example, if you wish to use a certain
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type of encryption instead of what is automatically selected), select
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the &pref.singular; <em>Ask me every time</em> and you'll be in complete
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control of what certificates you use while browsing.</p>
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<p><em>View Certificates</em><br/>
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Click this button to view stored certificates, import new certificates,
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and back up or delete old certificates in &brandShortName;.</p>
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<p><em>Revocation Lists</em><br/>
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&brandShortName; can use Certificate Revocation Lists (also known as
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CRLs) to ensure that your certificates are not invalid. Click the
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<em>Revocation Lists</em> button to manage the CRLs installed on your
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computer.</p>
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<p><em>Verification</em><br/>
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OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) is a way to validate your
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certificates every time they are viewed or used. &brandShortName; does
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not use OCSP by default, but if you want to enable it, you can do so
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here. You will most likely only need to change this if your Internet
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environment requires it.</p>
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<p><em>Security Devices</em><br/>
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Security devices can encrypt and decrypt connections and store
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certificates and passwords. If you need to use a security device other
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than the one in &brandShortName;, click the <em>Security Devices</em>
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button.</p>
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<div class="contentsBox"><em>22 March 2005</em></div>
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<p>Copyright © 2003-2005 Contributors to the Mozilla Help Viewer Project.</p>
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