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542 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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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://global/locale/brand.dtd" >
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%brandDTD;
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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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-->
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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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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>&brandFullName; Options</h1>
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<div>This document explains all of the options available in the Options
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window of &brandFullName;.</div>
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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 Options</a>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#fonts_and_colors">Fonts & Colors</a></li>
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<li><a href="#languages">Languages</a></li>
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<li><a href="#connection_settings">Connection Settings</a></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><a href="#privacy_options">Privacy Options</a></li>
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<li><a href="#web_features_options">Web Features Options</a></li>
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<li><a href="#downloads_options">Download Options</a></li>
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<li><a href="#advanced_options">Advanced Options</a></li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h2 id="general_options">General Options</h2>
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<p><img width="425" height="311" alt="General Options Dialog"
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src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/opt_general.png"/></p>
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<h3 id="home_page">Home Page</h3>
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<p>Here you are able to 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> You can even select a whole bookmark folder to be
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used!</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 id="fonts_and_colors">Fonts & Colors</h3>
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<p><img width="305" height="296" alt="Fonts and Colors Dialog"
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src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/opt_fontsandcolors.png"/></p>
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<p>Click the <em>Fonts & Colors...</em> button to change the default
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fonts and colors used by &brandShortName;.</p>
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<p><strong>Fonts for:</strong><br/>
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Normally, web pages are displayed in the default font set by your browser
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or in a font chosen by the web pages' authors.</p>
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<p>To change the default fonts:</p>
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<ol>
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<li>From the <em>Fonts for</em> drop-down list, choose a character set.
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For instance, to set default fonts for the Western (Roman) character
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set, choose <em>Western</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>Finally, you can set the minimum font size to be used on screen. This
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can be useful on some sites that use very small fonts that are barely
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readable.</p>
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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 option to use the colors defined in your OS settings instead
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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 option to
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disable this. Note that many sites specify their own styling rules
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and this option has no effect on those sites.</p>
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<p><strong>Always use my:</strong><br/>
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<em>Fonts</em><br/>
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By default &brandShortName; uses the fonts specified by the web page
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author. Enabling this option will force all sites to use your default
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fonts instead.</p>
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<p><em>Colors</em><br/>
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By default, &brandShortName; uses the colors specified by the web page
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author. Enabling this option will force all sites to use your default
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colors instead.</p>
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<h3 id="languages">Languages</h3>
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<p><img width="308" height="252" alt="Languages Options Dialog"
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src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/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>Languages</em> button to specify your preferred languages.</p>
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<p><strong>Language Selection</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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<p><strong>Character Encoding</strong><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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<h3 class="win unix" id="default_browser">Default Browser</h3>
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<p class="win unix">You can set &brandShortName; as the default
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browser by clicking <em>Set Default Browser</em>. This will ensure
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&brandShortName; is used whenever an application is trying to display a
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web page or when you open an HTML file.</p>
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<h3 id="connection_settings">Connection Settings</h3>
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<p><img width="275" height="281" alt="General Options Dialog"
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src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/opt_connection.png"/></p>
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<p>Many organizations block access from the Internet to their networks.
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This prevents outside parties from gaining access to sensitive
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information. The protection is called a firewall.</p>
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<p>If your organization has a firewall, the browser may need to go through
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a proxy server before connecting you to the Internet. The proxy server
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prevents outsiders from breaking into your organization's private
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network.</p>
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<strong>Configure Proxies to Access the Internet</strong>
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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 option. Choose this if you don't want to use a
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proxy.</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 Options</h2>
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<p><img width="425" height="319" alt="Privacy Options Dialog"
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src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/opt_privacy.png"/></p>
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<p>The Privacy panel contains options related to your privacy. As you browse
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the web, information on where you have been, what pages you have visited,
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etc are stored here. You can click the <em>Clear</em> button on each
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section to clear that information. Alternatively you can clear all
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information stored while browsing by clicking <em>Clear All</em>. A
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confirmation dialog will be shown before clearing the information.</p>
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<p>To display section-specific options, expand a section by clicking on the
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small + button.</p>
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<h3 id="history">History</h3>
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<p>Here you can specify for how many days you want the browser to remember
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what pages you have visited. The default is 9 days.</p>
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<h3 id="saved_form_information">Saved Form Information</h3>
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<p><em>Save information I enter in web page forms and the Search
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bar</em><br/>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 option.</p>
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<h3 id="saved_passwords">Saved Passwords</h3>
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<p><em>Remember Passwords</em><br/>&brandShortName; can securely
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save passwords you enter in web forms to make it easier to log on to
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web sites. Clear this checkbox to prevent &brandShortName; from
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remembering your passwords.</p>
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<p><em>View Saved Passwords</em><br/>You can manage saved passwords and
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delete individual passwords by clicking the <em>View Saved Passwords</em>
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button.</p>
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<p id="set_change_master_password"><em>Set/Change Master Password...</em>
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<br/>&brandShortName; protects saved passwords and other private data by
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requiring the user to know a special master password. You can set or
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change the master password by clicking this button.</p>
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<h3 id="download_manager_history">Download Manager History</h3>
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<p>The Download Manager (accessible from <span class="menuPath">Tools</span>
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or by pressing <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>E</kbd>) stores shortcuts to your
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recent downloads. The Download options are available in the
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<strong>Downloads panel</strong>.</p>
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<h3 id="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>To display the Cookie Manager click <em>View Cookies</em>.</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 option to disable the use of
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cookies. Note that some sites may not work properly when cookies are
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disabled.</p>
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<p>Learn more about cookies, the individual preferences, and how you can gain
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control over what sites are allowed to store cookies on your computer by
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reading about <a href="cookies.xhtml">Managing Cookies</a>.</p>
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<h3 id="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. Here you are able to
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specify the amount of disk space the cache can use.</p>
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<h2 id="web_features_options">Web Features Options</h2>
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<p><img width="425" height="315" alt="Web Features Options Dialog"
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src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/opt_webfeatures.png"/></p>
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<p><em>Block Popup Windows</em><br/>By default, &brandShortName; blocks
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annoying popup windows on web sites. Unchecking this option will disable
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popup blocking.</p>
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<p>Some sites make legitimate use of popup windows. Therefore, the popup
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blocking feature has a simple whitelist mechanism to allow certain sites
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to open popups anyway. To add a site to the whitelist, click
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<em>Allowed Sites</em>, then enter the site you want to allow popups from and
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click <em>Allow</em>.</p>
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<p>To remove a site from the whitelist, select that site from the list and
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then click <em>Remove Site</em>. To clear the whitelist completely, click
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<em>Remove All Sites</em>. Click <em>OK</em> to confirm your changes or
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click <em>Cancel</em> to discard them.</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 plug-ins. You will be prompted to confirm each installation. Uncheck
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this option to completely disable software installation.</p>
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<p>Some sites have useful software to install into &brandShortName;. Like the
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popup blocker, &brandShortName; has a simple whitelist mechanism to allow
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certain sites to install software. Software installs are not possible
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at all from sites which are not whitelisted, and you will still be prompted
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for installation. To add a site to the whitelist, click
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<em>Allowed Sites</em>, then enter the site you want to allow software
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installs from and click <em>Allow</em>.</p>
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<p><em>Load Images</em><br/>By default images are loaded on web pages.
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Uncheck this option to disable images completely.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><em>for the originating web site only</em><br/>Enabling this option
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will make sure that only images located at the current web site are
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loaded.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><img width="247" height="227" alt="Exceptions Dialog"
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src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/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. Click <em>OK</em> to confirm your changes, or click
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<em>Cancel</em> to discard them.</p>
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<p><em>Enable Java</em><br/>Java is a popular programming language for the
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web developed by Sun Microsystems. A single Java program can run on many
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different kinds of computers, thus avoiding the need for programmers to
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create a separate version of each program for each kind of computer.
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Uncheck this option to disable Java applets in &brandShortName;. Note that
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in order for Java applets to work, you must install the Java plugin.</p>
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<p><em>Enable JavaScript</em><br/>JavaScript is a scripting language
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commonly used to construct web pages. JavaScript is often used to
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dynamically validate forms and select buttons. Disabling JavaScript may
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cause some sites to not work properly.</p>
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<p>While it is usually recommended to keep JavaScript enabled, there are
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some functions that you may want to disable. Click the <em>Advanced...</em>
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button to display these options.</p>
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<p><img width="198" height="166" alt="JavaScript Options Dialog"
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src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/opt_javascript.png"/></p>
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<h3 id="allow_scripts_to">Allow scripts to:</h3>
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<dl>
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<dt>Move or resize existing windows</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this option to disable moving and resizing windows using
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scripts.</dd>
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<dt>Raise or lower windows</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this option to make sure scripts cannot raise or lower
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windows.</dd>
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<dt>Disable or replace context menus</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this option to prevent web pages from disabling or changing
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the &brandShortName; context menu.</dd>
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<dt>Hide the status bar</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this option to force the status bar to be displayed in popup
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windows.</dd>
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<dt>Change status bar text</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this option to disable annoying status bar text scrolling and
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Web address hiding.</dd>
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<dt>Change images</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this option to disable changing of images. Disabling this can
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make some menus harder to navigate.</dd>
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</dl>
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<h2 id="downloads_options">Downloads Options</h2>
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<p><img
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src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/opt_downloads.png"
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width="425" height="318" alt="Downloads Options Dialog"/></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/>This is the default option.
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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/>Alternatively, you can
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specify a default folder where all downloads will be saved, such as the
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"My Downloads" folder. You can browse to a specific folder by
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selecting <em>Other...</em> from the drop-down list of available folders.
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To show the folder, click the <em>Show Folder</em> button. This will open
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the folder in the default file manager.</p>
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<h3 id="file_types">File Types</h3>
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<p>This list contains file types that you have downloaded. You can choose
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what &brandShortName; should do when clicking on a specific file type.
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Select the file type you want to modify and click the <em>Change
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Action...</em> button.</p>
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<p>This will display the Change Action window, where you can choose to have
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the file type opened by an application or saved to disk. For example, if
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you view lots of media files on web pages, you might want to specify that
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&brandShortName; always open media files in your media player instead of
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asking where you want each media file to be saved.</p>
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<p><img width="293" height="236" alt="Change Action Dialog"
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src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/opt_downloadaction.png"/></p>
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<ul>
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<li><em>Open them in the Default application:</em><br/>Select this option
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to open this file type in the default application for that file type
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(determined by the operating system).</li>
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<li><em>Open them in this application:</em><br/>Select this option to
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specify another application that should handle this file type. You will
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see a dialog asking you to specify the application to use.</li>
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<li><em>Save to Disk</em><br/>This option will save the files to disk. If
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you have the <em>Save all files to this folder</em> option selected, the
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files will be saved automatically.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>To remove an automatic rule for a file type, select that file type and
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click the <em>Remove</em> button.</p>
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<p>From the Downloads panel, you can also control the plug-ins for
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&brandShortName;. Click the <em>Plug-Ins...</em> button to display the
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Plug-Ins window:</p>
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<p><img width="245" height="269" alt="Plug-Ins Dialog"
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src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/opt_plugins.png"/></p>
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<p>From this window, you can control which plug-ins for &brandShortName; can
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run. For example, if you don't like Flash animations in general but still
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find a need to have the plug-in installed, you can disable the plug-in
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here. This will block any Flash ads and animations until you enable the
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plug-in again.</p>
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<h2 id="advanced_options">Advanced Options</h2>
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<p><img src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0rc1/opt_advanced.png"
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width="425" height="318" alt="Advanced Options window"/></p>
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<p>The advanced panel contains many options that are less likely to be used
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by most people, but still useful and sometimes critical options for some
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people.</p>
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<h3 id="accessibility">Accessibility</h3>
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<p><em>Move system caret with focus/selection changes</em><br/>Specifies
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whether to move the system caret whenever the focus or selection changes.
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Some 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.</p>
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<p><em>Use Find As You Type</em><br/>Find As You Type is a very useful
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feature in &brandShortName;. It is a fast way of finding links or text in
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a web page without the need of displaying complex search dialogs. Read
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more about Find As You Type at <a
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href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ui/accessibility/typeaheadfind.html"
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target="_blank">mozilla.org</a>.</p>
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<h3 id="browsing">Browsing</h3>
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<p><em>Hide the tab bar when only one web site is open</em><br/>If you're
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only viewing one web page in a &brandShortName; window, the tab bar is not
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shown. Uncheck this option to always show the tab bar.</p>
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<p><em>Select new tabs opened from links</em><br/>When you middle-click on
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Web links (or hold down <em>Ctrl</em> while clicking with the left mouse
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button), the links will be opened in a new tab. That tab will not be shown
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directly; it will be loaded in a background tab. Check this option to load
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the link in a foreground tab instead, which will show that tab
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directly.</p>
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<p><em>Warn when closing multiple tabs</em><br/>When you close a window with
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multiple tabs, &brandShortName; will ask you to confirm your choice. This
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prevents you from accidentally closing the whole window when you wish to
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close only the current tab. Uncheck this box to skip past the warning
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and have &brandShortName; automatically close the window.</p>
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<p><em>Use autoscrolling</em><br/>Autoscrolling is a useful feature which
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allows you to scroll the page by just holding down the middle mouse button
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(usually the scroll wheel) and move the mouse up or down. Some people find
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this annoying so here's the option for it.</p>
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<p><em>Use smooth scrolling</em><br/>Smooth scrolling is still somewhat
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experimental in &brandShortName;, but it can be very useful if you read a
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lot of long pages. Normally, when you press the Page Down key, the view
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jumps directly down one page. With Smooth Scrolling, it slides down more
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smoothly, so you are actually able to see how much it scrolls. This makes
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it easier to resume reading from where you were before.</p>
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<h3 id="multimedia">Multimedia</h3>
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<p><em>Resize large images to fit in the &brandShortName; 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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<h3 id="software_update">Software Update</h3>
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<p>&brandShortName; can check whether a new version of your installed
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extensions or of &brandShortName; itself is 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 option to disable the periodic
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check.</p>
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<p><strong>My Extensions</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 is available. Uncheck
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this option to disable the periodic check.</p>
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<p>Click the <em>Check Now</em> button to manually perform a check for
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updates to &brandShortName; and installed extensions.</p>
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<h3 id="security">Security</h3>
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<p><em>Use SSL 2.0</em><br/>Specifies whether you want to send and receive
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secured information through SSL2 (Secured Sockets Layer Level 2), the
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standard protocol for secure transmissions. All secure web sites support
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this protocol.</p>
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<p><em>Use SSL 3.0</em><br/>Specifies whether you want to send and receive
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secured information through SSL3 (Secured Sockets Layer Level 3), a
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protocol that is intended to be more secure than SSL2. Note that some web
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sites may not support this protocol.</p>
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<p><em>Use TLS 1.0</em><br/>Specifies whether you want to send and receive
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secured information through TLS (Transport Layer Security), an open
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security standard similar to SSL3 (Secure Sockets Layer). Note that some
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web sites may not support this protocol.</p>
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<h3 id="certificates">Certificates</h3>
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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>Client Certificate Selection</em><br/>When a web site requests a
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secure connection, &brandShortName; will by default automatically use
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an appropriate certificate. If you wish to manually choose a certificate
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(for example, if you wish to use a certain type of encryption instead of
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what is automatically selected), select the option "Ask Every Time" and
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you'll be in complete control of what certificates you use while
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browsing.</p>
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<p><em>Manage Certificates</em><br/>Click the <em>Manage Certificates...</em>
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button to view stored certificates, import new certificates, and
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back up or delete old certificates in &brandShortName;.</p>
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<p><em>Manage Security Devices</em><br/>Security devices can encrypt and
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decrypt connections and store certificates and passwords. If you need
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to use a security device other than the one in &brandShortName; or need
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to change your master password, click the <em>Manage Security
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Devices...</em> button.</p>
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<h3 id="validation">Validation</h3>
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<p>Validation ensures that certificates used by &brandShortName; are not
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obsolete.</p>
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<p><em>CRL</em><br/>&brandShortName; can use CRLs (also known as Certificate
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Revocation Lists) to ensure that your certificates are not invalid. If you
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need to add a CRL to &brandShortName; or wish to view information about CRLs
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you have installed, click the <em>Manage CRLs...</em> button.</p>
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<p><em>OCSP</em><br/>OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) is a way to
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validate your certificates every time they are viewed or used.
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&brandShortName; does not use OCSP by default, but if you want to enable it,
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you can do so here. You will most likely only need to change this if your
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Internet environment requires it.</p>
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<div class="contentsBox"><em>14 August 2004</em></div>
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<p>Copyright © 2003-2004 Contributors to the Mozilla Help Viewer Project.</p>
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