Firefox 101 - #8 - Privacy and Security in Firefox

Digging into Firefox's settings a little, we can tell the browser how we want it to behave; this includes which applications Firefox uses to display content as well as how we want websites to appear within Firefox. We can set the default download location for files, change our home page and much more using the Options window in Firefox.

Welcome back to the Firefox 101 Series. You can control the default programs that Firefox uses to operate certain applications and how content is displayed from your viewing certain websites. First go to tools and then options. The application section is where you can choose what actions you want programs to take when opening up specific content. For example if you want to open an MP3 file you can choose whether or not Firefox should first save the file or open it with the specific program installed on your computer. The content section allows you to choose to have Firefox block pop-up windows, to load images automatically, enable Java Script and Java. Just check the boxes you want to be enabled. You can also select the default font and font size, the colors and choose your preferred language for displaying pages. The tab section allows you to choose to have new web pages open in a new window or tab by default and choose to have Firefox display warnings when closing multiple tabs of if your tabs are slowing down the performance of Firefox. If you choose to always show the tab bar and you'll see this and you can select to switch to a new tab immediately when opening a link. The main section is where you can site your homepage. First decide if when you start Firefox your homepage will be displayed, up link webpage or you can show your previous windows and tabs from the last time you're in Firefox. To set a homepage just enter in URL here. Choose to use current pages if you want to set aside your currently on as your homepage or you can choose to use one of your bookmarks. Here you can choose your download options. You can have the download window always show when downloading something or you can select to have that window automatically close. You can pick a location on your computer to always save the files to or choose to have Firefox always ask where to save your download. This last section allows you to access your add-on manager which I covered in the fifth episode in this series. Remember there are ten parts to this series so don’t forget to check out the other episodes in the Firefox 101 series