An introduction to Mozilla Firefox, part 1

Mozilla Firefox is one of the best browsers out there on the market, and it's free. Through the unique development methods of Open Source, they are able to make a product with impressive speed and less bugs than programs developed by traditional methods. Mozilla Firefox has a number of unique features, and it is overall a good product. Throughout this series I will try to present Mozilla Firefox for you.

Installation and configuration

Obviously, the first thing you need to do is get your free copy of the Mozilla Firefox browser. You can locate the Firefox installer on the Mozilla download page. If you go to this page, http://www.firefox-uk.cn/download/Index.htm  you will always find the newest version available. Now, I recommend you read on the page which version you should download, as Mozilla Firefox develops at a high pace, it's not always the good thing to get the latest version, as it is with most programs. :) I will use the Windows version and the series will mainly evolve around Windows issues. Download the file and you are ready to begin.

Mozilla Firefox Installer

Of course there is an installer to Mozilla Firefox. :) I will take you through the simple pleasure of using a installer. This Mozilla Firefox installer is the official release from the Mozilla community.

After you finish your download it's time to begin the install. Locate the installer .exe (in this case named "MozillaFirefox-0.8.-Setup") and double click it. Hopefully you will get this window:

If you got any programs running, close them as advised. Press next.

Read the agreement, if you agree, check the box and press "Next". :)

If you want to choose what to install and where to install, mark the custom box, if not choose standard.

The installer will tell you where Mozilla Firefox will be installed, most of you will have the same path as I have in this screenshot.

Voila. :).

Mozilla Firefox has the capability importing settings/bookmarks/cookies etc. from other browsers, so if you're migrating from Internet Explorer or Opera, go to File > Import and you should get this screen:

I'm importing from Internet Explorer so that's what I chose. :) Press next, and you should get this screen:

Here you can select what to import; it makes sense to migrate everything, so just leave it as-is and press next.

And there we go, Firefox is ready for use with your old browser settings. :)

This is the first in a series of articles about Mozilla Firefox, if you have Mozilla Firefox related topics you'd like to see covered here, let us know. Comments on this article, thumbs up or flames, can be sent to articles@nidelven-it.no. If you need help using Firefox, we recommend using the Firefox forums .