614 Part IV . Running Applications (Web hosting domain) Firefox comes
614 Part IV . Running Applications Firefox comes with several of the Linux distributions included with this book. You can download the latest version of Firefox at www.mozilla.org/products/ firefox. At the time of this writing, Firefox 1.5 is near completion. A nice feature of the Damn Small Linux distribution is that it offers a menu selection for downloading and starting Firefox from a bootable Linux environment. Select the MyDSL icon, and then choose Firefox Web Browser from the Network button. Extending Firefox Firefox can handle most standard Web content (HTML, JPEG, text files) without any trouble. As with any browser, however, some content requires additions of plug-ins or helper applications to be able to play or display that content. Firefox also allows you to add extensions that let you enhance the features available in Firefox. Most plug-ins created to be used for Mozilla Navigator will work for Firefox as well. See the description of Mozilla plug-ins earlier in this chapter for information on adding plug-ins for both Mozilla and Firefox browsers. Besides plug-ins, Firefox also allows you to add extensions and themes. To find available Firefox extensions and themes, start from the Mozilla.org Firefox product page (www.mozilla.org/products/firefox). From there, follow the Get Extensions and Themes link. The following sections describe some popular Firefox extensions and themes. Adding Firefox Extensions Here are some of the most popular extensions to Firefox that are available from Mozilla.org: . Downloading tool (FlashGot) If you like to download groups of files from your Web browser, FlashGot can be a very useful tool. With FlashGot installed, you can select to download an individual file, files identified by highlighting links on a Web page, or all files linked from the current Web page. There is also a Build Gallery feature that lets you identify a range of filenames to download at once. When FlashGot is installed, you can access it from Firefox by selecting Tools. FlashGot, and then choosing a feature from the menu. In Fedora Core, FlashGot passes requests to kGet to complete the download. You can get other download tools to use instead of kGet. . Selectively block ads (Adblock) Using Adblock, you can selectively prevent ads from being displayed on the Web pages you visit. With Adblock installed, an Adblock button appears on the lower-right corner of Firefox. Click that button to see a window containing items on the current page you want to block. Right-click on an image and select Adblock Image to choose to block that image. Use an asterisk to block all content from a particular site (for example, www.example.com/*). Open the Adblock preferences window from Firefox (Tools. Adblock. Preferences) to see, edit, or remove blocked sites. Note
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