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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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Ryan Flint <rflint@dslr.net>
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Jeff Walden <jwalden+code@mit.edu>
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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; &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="#main_options">Main &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="#content_options">Content &pref.pluralCaps;</a></li>
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<li><a href="#feeds_options">Feeds &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="#security_options">Security &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="main_options">Main &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
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<h3 id="startup">Startup</h3>
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<p>When you open &brandShortName;, by default your <a
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href="glossary.xhtml#home_page">home page</a> is displayed. Your home page
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might be a commonly-visited web site, a search engine, or perhaps your email
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account, but the choice is up to you. You can change your home page or
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choose to display a different page or set of pages on startup in this
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section.</p>
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<p><em>When &brandShortName; starts</em><br/>
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By default, when &brandShortName; starts it opens your home page (listed in
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the textbox immediately below), which corresponds to the <em>Show my home
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page</em> option. Alternately, you can choose to display a blank page on
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startup (perhaps to eliminate the time required to load that page from the
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Internet) by selecting the <em>Show a blank page</em> option.</p>
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<p>As a final alternative, you can have &brandShortName; reopen the windows and
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tabs you had open the last time you ran &brandShortName;, effectively
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restoring you to where you were when you last stopped browsing the Internet.
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This can be a handy way of saving what you were doing when you close
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&brandShortName;, perhaps to install an operating system update. You can
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choose this option by selecting <em>Show my windows and tabs from last
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time</em>.</p>
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<p><em>Home Page</em><br/>
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If you've set &brandShortName; to show your home page when you start
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&brandShortName;, you specify your home page by typing it here. You can
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also click any of the buttons below the textbox to choose a special home
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page:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><em>Use Current Page</em> sets the currently-displayed page (or pages,
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if you have multiple tabs open) as your home page</li>
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<li><em>Use Bookmark</em> sets the selected bookmark (or if you select a
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folder, the set of bookmarks in that folder) as your home page</li>
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<li><em>Restore to Default</em> resets your home page to the default home
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page</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="downloads">Downloads</h3>
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<p>This section contains &pref.plural; determining how &brandShortName;
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downloads files.</p>
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<p><em>Show the Downloads window when downloading a file</em><br/>
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With this &pref.singular; selected, &brandShortName; will open the <a
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href="download_manager.xhtml">Downloads window</a> when you start
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downloading a file.</p>
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<p><em>Close it when all downloads are finished</em><br/>
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Select this &pref.singular; to have &brandShortName; close the Downloads
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window when all downloads currently in progress finish.</p>
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<p><em id="download_folder">Save files to</em><br/>
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By default downloaded files are automatically saved to the Desktop,
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eliminating the hassle of specifying a download location for every file you
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download. You can choose a different folder by clicking the <em><span
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class="noMac">Browse...</span><span class="mac">Choose...</span></em>
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button.</p>
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<p><em>Always ask me where to save files</em><br/>
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With this &pref.singular; selected, &brandShortName; will ask you where
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you would like to save every downloaded file (instead of using the default
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location specified above).</p>
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<h3 id="system_defaults">System Defaults</h3>
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<p><em>Always check to see if &brandShortName; is the default browser on
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startup</em><br/>
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Select this option if you want &brandShortName; to check whether it is the
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default browser at startup. This will ensure &brandShortName; is used
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whenever an application tries to display a web page. You can also click the
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<em>Check Now</em> button to do a check right now.</p>
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<h2 id="tabs_options">Tabs &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
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<p><em>New pages should be opened in:</em><br/>
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This &pref.singular; controls whether links from other applications or from
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web pages which request to open them in new windows are opened in <em>a new
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window</em> or <em>a new tab</em> in the most recent window.</p>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> If you have chosen to open pages in new tabs,
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&brandShortName; will ignore this &pref.singular; and will open a new window
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from a link if the page author specified that the new window should have a
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specific size, because some pages can only be displayed correctly at a
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specific size.</p>
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<p><em>Warn me when closing multiple tabs</em><br/>
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When you close a window with multiple tabs, &brandShortName; will ask you
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to confirm your choice. This prevents you from accidentally closing the
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whole window when you intended to only close the current tab. Uncheck this
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&pref.singular; to disable this warning and have &brandShortName;
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automatically close the window.</p>
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<p><em>Warn me when opening multiple tabs might slow down
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&brandShortName;</em><br/>
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When you open a large number of tabs at once, &brandShortName; will ask you
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to confirm your choice. This prevents you from accidentally slowing down
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your system while the pages are loading. Uncheck this &pref.singular; to
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disable this warning.</p>
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<p><em>Always show the tab bar</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 normally shown. Check this &pref.singular; to always show the tab
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bar, including when only the &brandShortName; window contains only one
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page.</p>
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<p><em>When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately</em><br/>
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When you middle-click on a Web link (or hold down &accelKey; while clicking
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with the left mouse button), the page will be opened in a new tab. That page
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will not be displayed and will load in a background tab. Check this
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&pref.singular; to load and display the page in a new foreground tab
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instead.</p>
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<h2 id="content_options">Content &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
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<p><em>Block Pop-up Windows</em><br/>
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By default, &brandShortName; blocks annoying pop-up windows on web sites.
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Unchecking this &pref.singular; will disable pop-up blocking.</p>
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<p>Some web sites make legitimate use of pop-up windows. Therefore, you can
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allow these sites to open pop-ups anyway. To do so, click
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<em>Exceptions...</em>, enter the site name, and click <em>Allow</em>. To
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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>Load images automatically</em><br/>
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&brandShortName; displays images in web pages by default. Uncheck this
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&pref.singular; to disable images in web pages.</p>
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<p>If you enable loading images automatically, the <em>Exceptions...</em>
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button lets you select sites from which images will not automatically load.
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The <em>Exceptions...</em> button lets you specify web sites that you wish
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to load (or not load) regardless of the setting of this preference. In the
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exceptions list, enter the site from which you want to allow or block images
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and click <em>Allow</em> to allow images, or click <em>Block</em> to block
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the images.</p>
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<p><em>Enable JavaScript</em><br/>
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JavaScript is a scripting language commonly used to make web pages
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interactive. However, it also makes certain annoying behaviors much easier to
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perform. To disable JavaScript, uncheck this &pref.singular;. However, note
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that disabling JavaScript may cause some sites to not work properly. For more
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fine-grained control over what JavaScript can and cannot do, click
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<em>Advanced...</em>.</p>
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<h4 id="advanced_javascript">Advanced JavaScript Settings</h4>
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<dl>
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<dt>Move or resize existing windows</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this &pref.singular; to disable moving and resizing windows
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using scripts.</dd>
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<dt>Raise or lower windows</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this &pref.singular; to make sure scripts cannot raise (bring
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to the front) or lower (send to the back) windows.</dd>
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<dt>Disable or replace context menus</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this &pref.singular; to prevent web pages from disabling or
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changing the &brandShortName; context menu.</dd>
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<dt>Hide the status bar</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this &pref.singular; to force the status bar to be displayed in
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pop-up windows.</dd>
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<dt>Change status bar text</dt>
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<dd>Uncheck this &pref.singular; to disable changes to status bar text (such
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as displaying scrolling text messages or preventing the link address from
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being displayed while the mouse is over a link).</dd>
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</dl>
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<p><em>Enable Java</em><br/>
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Java is a popular programming language for the Web. A single Java program
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can run on many different kinds of computers, thus avoiding the need for
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programmers to create a separate version of a program for each kind of
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computer. Uncheck this &pref.singular; to disable Java applets in
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&brandShortName;. Note that in order for Java applets to work, you must
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install the Java plugin.</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 can override these choices unless you specify otherwise
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in the Fonts dialog. Click the <em>Advanced...</em> button to access the
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Fonts dialog and to change this and other fonts &pref.plural;.</p>
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<h4 id="fonts_dialog">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
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group/script. For instance, to set default fonts for the West
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European languages/scripts (Latin), choose <em>Western</em>. For a
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language/script not 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 set the minimum web page font size. This is useful to
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prevent sites from use overly small fonts that are 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 id="colors_dialog">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 operating
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system settings 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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<h3 id="file_types">File Types</h3>
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<p>The Download Actions dialog, which can be opened by clicking the
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<em>Manage...</em> button, contains file types that you have downloaded.
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You can choose what &brandShortName; should do when clicking on a specific
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file type by selecting the file type you want to modify and clicking the
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<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 particular
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application, saved to disk, or shown with an installed plugin. For example,
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if 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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<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 (automatically if you
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have selected the <em>Save files to</em> &pref.singular; in the
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<em>Main</em> panel).</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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<h2 id="feeds_options">Feeds &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
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<p>Feeds are specially formatted documents which summarize the content of web
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sites. For example, a feed might summarize the latest news headlines from a
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news site or the latest posts on a blog. You can view the content of feeds in
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&brandShortName;, create Live Bookmarks for them, or add them to a feed reader
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on your computer or on the Web. The &pref.plural; in this pane determine what
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&brandShortName; does when you view a feed.</p>
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<p><em>Show me a preview and ask me which Feed Reader to use</em><br/>
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When you view a feed within &brandShortName;, you will be shown a preview of
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its contents. With this &pref.singular; selected, you are always given a
|
||
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choice of what you would like to use to subscribe to the feed at the top of
|
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the preview page.</p>
|
||
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|
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<p><em>Subscribe to the feed using</em><br/>
|
||
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Instead of displaying a preview of the feed when you view one, you can have
|
||
|
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the feed be opened directly in a feed reader by selecting a reader from the
|
||
|
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list of available readers. You can choose to use an application on your
|
||
|
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computer to subscribe to feeds by clicking the <em>Choose Application...</em>
|
||
|
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button and finding the application on your computer. Alternately, you can
|
||
|
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choose to automatically subscribe to feeds by saving them as Live Bookmarks.
|
||
|
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To choose a subscription method, simply select it from the list.</p>
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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<h2 id="privacy_options">Privacy &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
|
||
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|
||
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<h3 id="privacy_history">History</h3>
|
||
|
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<p><em>Remember visited pages for the last ... days</em><br/>
|
||
|
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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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|
||
|
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<p><em>Remember what I enter in forms and the search bar</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
When you enter information in web forms or the search bar in
|
||
|
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&brandShortName;, that information is saved so that &brandShortName; can
|
||
|
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give suggestions when you enter information in forms in the future. To stop
|
||
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this behavior, uncheck this &pref.singular;.</p>
|
||
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|
||
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<p><em>Remember what I've downloaded</em><br/>
|
||
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This &pref.singular; controls whether or not past downloads show up in the
|
||
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Downloads window. The Downloads window (accessible from <span
|
||
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class="menuPath">Tools</span> or by pressing <span
|
||
|
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class="noUnix">&accelKey;+<kbd>J</kbd></span><span
|
||
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class="unix">&accelKey;+<kbd>Y</kbd></span>) displays a list of your recent
|
||
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downloads. Downloads &pref.plural; are available in the <a
|
||
|
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href="#main_options"><em>Main</em></a> panel.</p>
|
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|
||
|
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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 site-specific preferences when visiting that site.</p>
|
||
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|
||
|
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<p><em>Accept cookies from sites</em><br/>
|
||
|
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By default cookies are enabled. Uncheck this &pref.singular; to disable the
|
||
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use of cookies. Note that some sites may not work properly when cookies are
|
||
|
|
disabled.</p>
|
||
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|
||
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<p><em>Keep until:</em></p>
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||
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|
||
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<ul>
|
||
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<li><em>they expire</em><br/>
|
||
|
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This is the default &pref.singular;. When set, this allows websites to
|
||
|
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specify how long a cookie will be stored by &brandShortName;. This makes
|
||
|
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it possible for a site to remember your preferences and login information
|
||
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across browser sessions.</li>
|
||
|
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<li><em>I close &brandShortName;</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
With this &pref.singular; selected, &brandShortName; will remove all
|
||
|
|
stored cookies when closed.</li>
|
||
|
|
<li><em>ask me every time</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
With this &pref.singular; enabled, &brandShortName; will ask you how long
|
||
|
|
you would like to keep a cookie (or refuse it entirely) every time a web
|
||
|
|
site attempts to set one.</li>
|
||
|
|
</ul>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
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<p>To control which sites may or may not set cookies, click the
|
||
|
|
<em>Exceptions...</em> button.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p>To display the Cookie Manager click <em>Show Cookies...</em>.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p>Learn more about cookies, the individual &pref.plural;, and how you can
|
||
|
|
gain control over what sites are allowed to store cookies on your computer
|
||
|
|
by reading about <a href="cookies.xhtml">Managing Cookies</a>.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h3 id="private_data">Private Data</h3>
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Always clear my private data when I close &brandShortName;</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
You can choose to have &brandShortName; clear your private data when you
|
||
|
|
close it. To configure what data is cleared, click the <em>Settings...</em>
|
||
|
|
button.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Ask me before clearing private data</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
With this &pref.singular; selected, &brandShortName; will ask you before
|
||
|
|
automatically clearing the data specified by clicking
|
||
|
|
<em>Settings...</em>.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p>If you wish to clear your private data right now, you can click the
|
||
|
|
<em>Clear Now...</em> button to do so. To clear your private data from
|
||
|
|
outside the preferences dialog, either press &accelKey;+&shiftKey;+<kbd>Del</kbd>
|
||
|
|
or select <span class="menuPath">Tools > Clear Private Data...</span>.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h2 id="security_options">Security &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Warn me when sites try to install add-ons</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
&brandShortName; will always ask you to confirm installations of add-ons.
|
||
|
|
To prevent unrequested installation prompts which may lead to accidental
|
||
|
|
installations, &brandShortName; warns you when a web site tries to install
|
||
|
|
an add-on and blocks the installation prompt. To allow installations from
|
||
|
|
a specific site, click <em>Exceptions...</em>, enter the site name, and click
|
||
|
|
<em>Allow</em>. Uncheck this &pref.singular; to disable the warning for all
|
||
|
|
sites.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected forgery</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
Check this &pref.singular; if you want &brandShortName; to actively check
|
||
|
|
whether the site you are visiting may be an attempt to mislead you into
|
||
|
|
providing personal information (this is often referred to as <em>phishing</em>).</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Check using a downloaded list of suspected sites</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
With this &pref.singular; selected, &brandShortName; will check the current
|
||
|
|
site against a frequently updated list stored on your computer. No data about
|
||
|
|
the sites you visit is transferred to third-party anti-phishing providers
|
||
|
|
during normal browsing. Since phishing techniques and sites evolve quickly,
|
||
|
|
this mode of protection may not be as effective as having an anti-phishing
|
||
|
|
provider check every site you visit.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Check by asking ... about each site I visit</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
With this &pref.singular; selected, &brandShortName; will send the address of
|
||
|
|
the current page over an encrypted connection to the selected third-party
|
||
|
|
anti-phishing provider in order to verify its identity. This method offers the
|
||
|
|
greatest protection, but information such as your IP address and browser
|
||
|
|
version may be transfered and stored by the selected provider. You will be
|
||
|
|
prompted to review and agree to the selected data provider's privacy policy
|
||
|
|
after selecting this &pref.singular;.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h3 id="security_passwords">Passwords</h3>
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Remember passwords for sites</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
&brandShortName; can securely save passwords you enter in web forms to
|
||
|
|
make it easier to log on to web sites. Clear this checkbox to prevent
|
||
|
|
&brandShortName; from remembering your passwords.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p>Even with this &pref.singular; checked, however, you'll still be asked
|
||
|
|
whether to save passwords for a site when you first visit it. If you select
|
||
|
|
<em>Never for This Site</em>, that site will be added to an exceptions list.
|
||
|
|
To access that list or to remove sites from it, click the
|
||
|
|
<em>Exceptions...</em> button.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p id="set_change_master_password"><em>Use a master password</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
&brandShortName; can protect sensitive information such as saved passwords
|
||
|
|
and certificates by encrypting them using a <a
|
||
|
|
href="glossary.xhtml#master_password">master password</a>. If you create a
|
||
|
|
master password, each time you start &brandShortName;, it will ask you to enter
|
||
|
|
the password the first time it needs to access a certificate or stored
|
||
|
|
password. You can set, change, or remove the master password by
|
||
|
|
by checking or unchecking this &pref.singular; or by clicking the
|
||
|
|
<em>Change Master Password...</em> button. If a master password is already
|
||
|
|
set, you will need to enter it in order to change or remove the master password.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Show Passwords...</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
You can manage saved passwords and delete individual passwords by clicking
|
||
|
|
the <em>View Saved Passwords</em> button.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h3 id="warning_messages">Warning Messages</h3>
|
||
|
|
<p>Click the <em>Settings...</em> button to configure the security warnings
|
||
|
|
&brandShortName; displays while you browse the web.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h4>Security Warnings Dialog</h4>
|
||
|
|
<!--XXX massive suck! do these provide *any* value whatsoever? -->
|
||
|
|
<dl>
|
||
|
|
<dt>I am about to view an encrypted page</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>When this &pref.singular; is enabled, &brandShortName; will notify you
|
||
|
|
every time you are about to view an encrypted page.</dd>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dt>I am about to view a page that uses low-grade encryption</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>With this &pref.singular; enabled, &brandShortName; will warn you when
|
||
|
|
you visit a page which uses low-grade encryption.</dd>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dt>I leave an encrypted page for one that isn't encrypted</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>With this &pref.singular; enabled, &brandShortName; will warn you
|
||
|
|
every time you move from an encrypted page to an unencrypted page either
|
||
|
|
by selecting a link on the page, selecting a bookmark or typing a new
|
||
|
|
address into the location bar.</dd>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dt>I submit information that's not encrypted</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>When this &pref.singular; is enabled, &brandShortName; will warn you
|
||
|
|
when you submit data via a form that's not encrypted.</dd>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dt>I'm about to view an encrypted page that contains some unencrypted
|
||
|
|
information</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>With this &pref.singular; enabled, &brandShortName; will warn you when
|
||
|
|
the page you're viewing contains a mixture of encrypted and
|
||
|
|
unencrypted content. If an encrypted page contains unencrypted data,
|
||
|
|
you should verify the identity of the page you're viewing prior to
|
||
|
|
entering sensitive data.</dd>
|
||
|
|
</dl>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h2 id="advanced_options">Advanced &pref.pluralCaps;</h2>
|
||
|
|
<p>The advanced panel contains many &pref.plural; that are less likely to be
|
||
|
|
used by most people but are useful and sometimes critical &pref.plural; for
|
||
|
|
some people.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h3 id="advanced_general">General tab</h3>
|
||
|
|
<h4 id="accessibility">Accessibility</h4>
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
When this &pref.singular; is enabled, &brandShortName; will display a
|
||
|
|
movable cursor in web pages, allowing you to select text with the
|
||
|
|
keyboard. You can toggle this mode by pressing <kbd>F7</kbd>.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Search for text when I start typing</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
When this &pref.singular; is enabled, &brandShortName; will find within
|
||
|
|
the current web page what you type as you type it. While you are finding
|
||
|
|
typed text in the page, the Find Toolbar will automatically display at the
|
||
|
|
bottom of the window to show information about what you've found.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h4 id="browsing">Browsing</h4>
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Use autoscrolling</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
Autoscrolling is a useful feature which allows you to scroll the page by
|
||
|
|
clicking the middle mouse button (usually the scroll wheel) and moving the
|
||
|
|
mouse up or down. Some people find this annoying, so autoscrolling can be
|
||
|
|
disabled with this &pref.singular;.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Use smooth scrolling</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
Smooth scrolling can be very useful if you read a lot of long pages.
|
||
|
|
Normally, when you press <kbd>Page Down</kbd>, the view jumps directly
|
||
|
|
down one page. With smooth scrolling, it slides down smoothly, so you can
|
||
|
|
see how much it scrolls. This makes it easier to resume reading from where
|
||
|
|
you were before.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Check my spelling as I type</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
When this preference is enabled, &brandShortName; will check your spelling
|
||
|
|
and offer possible corrections as you type in web forms. Note that you
|
||
|
|
may need to download a dictionary; to do so, <span
|
||
|
|
class="noMac">right-click</span><span class="mac">press &ctrlKey; and
|
||
|
|
click</span> on any text field, enable spellchecking if necessary, and
|
||
|
|
then use the provided <span class="menuPath">Languages</span> menu to
|
||
|
|
download a dictionary.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h4 id="languages">Languages</h4>
|
||
|
|
<p>Some web pages are offered in more than one language. Click the
|
||
|
|
<em>Choose...</em> button to specify your preferred language or
|
||
|
|
languages.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><strong>Languages Dialog</strong><br/>
|
||
|
|
To add a language, click <em>Select a language to add...</em>, choose the
|
||
|
|
language, and click the <em>Add</em> button. Remove a language by
|
||
|
|
selecting it in the list of active languages and clicking the
|
||
|
|
<em>Remove</em> button. You can also reorder languages using the <em>Move
|
||
|
|
Up</em> and <em>Move Down</em> buttons to determine the most preferred one
|
||
|
|
in case a page is provided in multiple languages .</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h3 id="advanced_network">Network tab</h3>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h4 id="connection_settings">Connection</h4>
|
||
|
|
<p>Your organization or Internet service provider may offer or require you
|
||
|
|
to use a proxy. A proxy acts as an intermediary between your computer and
|
||
|
|
the Internet. It intercepts all requests to the Internet to see if it can
|
||
|
|
fulfill the request using its cache. Proxies are used to improve
|
||
|
|
performance, filter requests, and hide your computer from the Internet to
|
||
|
|
improve security. Proxies are often part of corporate firewalls.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h4>Connection Settings Dialog</h4>
|
||
|
|
<dl>
|
||
|
|
<dt>Direct connection to the Internet</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>This is the default &pref.singular;. Choose this if you don't want
|
||
|
|
to use a proxy.</dd>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dt>Auto-detect proxy settings for this network</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Choose this if you want &brandShortName; to automatically detect the
|
||
|
|
proxy settings for your network.</dd>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dt>Manual proxy configuration</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Choose this if you don't have a proxy location (URL). Ask your
|
||
|
|
system administrator for the names and port numbers of the servers
|
||
|
|
running proxy software for each network service and enter the
|
||
|
|
information in the appropriate fields.</dd>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dt>Automatic proxy configuration URL</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>If your workplace has a proxy configuration file, ask the system
|
||
|
|
administrator for its URL and enter it here. Click <em>Reload</em> to
|
||
|
|
load the settings.</dd>
|
||
|
|
</dl>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h4 id="advanced_cache">Cache</h4>
|
||
|
|
<p>Pages you view are normally stored in a special cache folder for quicker
|
||
|
|
viewing the next time you visit the same page. You can specify the amount
|
||
|
|
of disk space the cache can use here. You can also immediately clear
|
||
|
|
the contents of the cache.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Use up to ... MB of space for the cache</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
Allows you to specify the maximum size, in megabytes, of the cache on
|
||
|
|
your computer.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Clear Now</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
Immediately clears the current contents of the cache, freeing the disk
|
||
|
|
space used by the cache.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<h3 id="advanced_update">Update tab</h3>
|
||
|
|
<p>&brandShortName; can check whether updates to installed add-ons or to
|
||
|
|
&brandShortName; itself are available.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Automatically check for updates to:</em><br/>
|
||
|
|
By default &brandShortName; automatically checks for updates to itself, to
|
||
|
|
add-ons, and to search engines so you'll always know you have the most
|
||
|
|
up-to-date version. You can change this behavior by changing the
|
||
|
|
appropriate checkboxes here.</p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>When updates to &brandShortName; are found,</em></p>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<dl>
|
||
|
|
<dt>Ask me what I want to do</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>Updates to &brandShortName; are installed automatically by default.
|
||
|
|
Select this &pref.singular; to manually control how and when updates are
|
||
|
|
installed.</dd>
|
||
|
|
<dt>Automatically download and install the update</dt>
|
||
|
|
<dd>When this &pref.singular; is selected, &brandShortName; updates will
|
||
|
|
be automatically downloaded and will be installed the next time
|
||
|
|
&brandShortName; is restarted. The <em>Warn me if this will disable any
|
||
|
|
of my add-ons</em> &pref.singular; determines whether you will be warned
|
||
|
|
before the installation of an update which would require an incompatible
|
||
|
|
add-on to be disabled because no newer, compatible version exists. The
|
||
|
|
warning will allow you to postpone installation of the update, though at
|
||
|
|
the expense of improvements included in it.<br/><br/>
|
||
|
|
If all extensions and themes are compatible or can be updated to be
|
||
|
|
compatible, the &brandShortName; update will be installed. Upon restart
|
||
|
|
you will be asked to install any needed add-on updates so that you can
|
||
|
|
continue to use them.</dd>
|
||
|
|
</dl>
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
<p><em>Show Update History</em><br/>
|
||
|
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&brandShortName; automatically records the updates you have installed.
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You can view information about these updates by clicking this button.</p>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> You must be running &brandShortName; as
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<span class="win">an administrator</span><span class="noWin">root</span>
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or as the user who originally installed &brandShortName;
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to install &brandShortName; updates.</p>
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<h3 id="advanced_encryption">Encryption tab</h3>
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<h4 id="protocols">Protocols</h4>
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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 through
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SSL3 (Secure Sockets Layer, Level 3), a standard protocol for
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communicating securely with web sites. Disabling it will prevent you from
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visiting some sites.</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 through
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TLS (Transport Layer Security), a security standard similar to SSL3
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(Secure Sockets Layer). Disabling it will prevent you from visiting some
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sites.</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 the
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&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 always valid. 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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&brandShortName; can verify the validity of your certificates using OCSP
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(Online Certificate Status Protocol) every time they are viewed or used.
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&brandShortName; does not use OCSP by default, but if you want to enable
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it, you can do so here. You will most likely only need to change this if
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your Internet 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>12 September 2006</em></div>
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<p>Copyright © 2003-2007 Contributors to the Mozilla Help Viewer Project.</p>
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