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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa41"></a>Today, most
people know how to use a web browser. So, this section focuses on
describing the characteristics of
<span class="application">Firefox</span>. It also tells you how to
install some of the more popular plugins.
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa42"></a>Launch
<span class="application">Firefox</span> by selecting
<span class="guimenu">Internet</span>+<span class="guimenu">Web Browsers</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Mozilla Firefox</span> from the main menu.
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<div class="figure"><a name="d5e1789"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 2.12.
<span class="application">Firefox</span>'s Interface</b></p>
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa43"></a>The main components of
<span class="application">Firefox</span>'s interface are:
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<p><b>Page Display Area. </b>
Where the contents of the
pages you browse are displayed.
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<p><b>Navigation Buttons and
Location Bar. </b>
Buttons
allowing you to move around pages you visit: go back, go
forward; refresh a page; stop loading page elements; and go to
your home page. The location bar is where you enter a web
site's
<acronym class="acronym">URL</acronym> (or a local file using
<code class="literal">file://</code> as the protocol part of the
<acronym class="acronym">URL</acronym>).
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<p><b>Bookmarks Toolbar. </b>
You can hide or display the
bookmark bar, and add additional buttons to it. To do so,
simply select
<span class="guimenu">View</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Toolbars</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Customize</span> and select the items you want to add, and click
<span class="guibutton">Done</span>.
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<p><b>Search Bar. </b>
Located at the upper-right
corner, it allows you to perform web searches, dictionary
searches, and others.
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa48"></a>One of
<span class="application">Firefox</span>'s most convenient
features is the ability to browse many websites at the same
time, without being confused with all the open windows. Each
website is opened in a new tab. This is called
“<span class="quote">tabbed browsing</span>”.
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<div class="figure"><a name="d5e1837"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 2.13. Tabbed Browsing with
Firefox</b></p>
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa49"></a>To open a new
tab, click
<span class="guimenu">File</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">New Tab</span>. To close a tab, right-click on the tab, and
select
<span class="guilabel">Close Tab</span>. You can also click on the cross
located at the right of the tab.
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa50"></a>To quickly open new tabs,
simply press
<span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>T</strong></span> as many times as you want tabs. Pressing
<span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>W</strong></span> closes the currently open tab.
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa51"></a>
<span class="application">Firefox</span> enables you to manage
tabs easily. You can choose to close, refresh, mark-up all tabs
on the fly, or just the one currently displayed. To do so,
right-click on a tab, then select the option you want.
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa52"></a>You can also
<span class="emphasis"><em>move</em></span> tabs. Click on a tab, hold the mouse
button down and drag it where you want. When you see a little
purple downward-pointing arrow, you can drop the tab to its new
location on the tab browsing bar.
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<div class="figure"><a name="d5e1863"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 2.14. Moving a Tab</b></p>
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa53"></a>If you want to duplicate a
tab,
“<span class="quote">grab</span>” the tab's
<acronym class="acronym">URL</acronym> (when rolling your mouse over the
icon before the
<acronym class="acronym">URL</acronym>: a little hand pointer appears) in
the location bar, drag-and-drop it onto an empty tab.
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa54"></a>
<span class="application">Firefox</span> has a built-in search bar
which allows you to search the web using the most popular
search engines. To perform a search, type the text to be
searched for, select the search engine (using the arrow and
icon at the left of the search bar) and press the
<span class="keycap"><strong>Enter</strong></span> key. Search results are shown in the Page
Display Area.
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa56"></a>If you are
looking for a website, and you cannot remember its exact
address, just enter some keywords in the Location Bar, press
the
<span class="keycap"><strong>Enter</strong></span> key, and you will be taken to the
related website. For example, entering
<code class="literal">new york times</code> in the location bar, opens
the New York Times website.
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<p><a name="BId-internet-browsers-pa23"></a>
<a class="indexterm" name="BIdNEW-internet-browsers-it6"></a> Plugins are programs which let your browser handle
content other than
<acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> and graphics, such as animations,
streaming audio, Java
<sup>tm</sup> applets, and so on.
<span class="application">Firefox</span>'s plugins are stored in
the
<code class="filename">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</code> directory and
installing plugins requires root privileges.
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-web-browsing-pa57"></a>Entering
<strong class="userinput"><code>about:plugins</code></strong> in the Location Bar
displays a page showing installed plugins and some details
about them.
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<p><a name="BId-internet-browsers-pa24"></a>We look at
the procedures to install Java
<sup>tm</sup> and Flash
<sup>®</sup> plugins. If you own a commercial
version of
<span class="application">Mandriva Linux</span>, installation is
greatly simplified and all the required packages are on the
provided media. See
<a class="xref" href="software-management.html" title="Chapter 7. Package Management">Chapter 7, <i>Package
Management</i></a>, for information on how
to install
<acronym class="acronym">RPM</acronym> packages.
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<p><a name="BId-internet-browsers-pa40"></a>If you
have a
<span class="application">Mandriva Club</span> user name and
password, you may be able to install even newer versions of
the software mentioned here.
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<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1909"></a>3.3.1. Java
<sup>tm</sup></h4>
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<p><a name="BId-internet-browsers-pa25"></a>
<a class="indexterm" name="BIdNEW-internet-browsers-it7"></a> Install the
<code class="literal">jre</code>
<acronym class="acronym">RPM</acronym> package.
</p>
<p><a name="BId-internet-browsers-pa26"></a>You can
get the Java plugin on the
<a class="ulink" href="http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/" target="_top">Java
Plug-in Home Page</a>. Follow the links to
<acronym class="acronym">J2SE</acronym>
<sup>tm</sup>(Java 2, Standard Edition) and
download the
<acronym class="acronym">JRE</acronym> for Linux. Choose the
<acronym class="acronym">RPM</acronym> file for the Linux Platform, make
it executable once the download is finished (
<span class="command"><strong>chmod 700 jre*.rpm.bin</strong></span>) and execute it.
Accept the license and a
“<span class="quote">real</span>”
<acronym class="acronym">RPM</acronym> will be created.
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<h4 class="title"><a name="d5e1930"></a>3.3.2. Flash
<sup>®</sup></h4>
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<p><a name="BId-internet-browsers-pa27"></a>
<a class="indexterm" name="BIdNEW-internet-browsers-it8"></a>
</p>
<p><a name="BId-internet-browsers-pa28"></a>You can
retrieve the Flash plugin on the
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.adobe.com" target="_top">Adobe
<sup>®</sup> web site</a>. Follow the
link to the Flash Player and download and install the
<acronym class="acronym">RPM</acronym>. Test the plugin by opening the
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.flash.com" target="_top">Flash web site</a>
<acronym class="acronym">URL</acronym> in the browser.
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