Product Overview

Firefox Secrets

“Think you know everything about Firefox? Think Again!”

• Learn about the Web browser that's changing the Web
• Control Firefox's hidden browser preferences
• Extend Firefox with extensions and themes
• Learn to browse the Web in safety and privacy

*Note: Includes FREE CD-ROM with Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, 6 Firefox Themes and 22 Extensions.

Overview

The Mozilla Foundation's Firefox Web browser - the current PC World Product of the Year - is changing the way people browse the Web. Feature-studded and secure, Firefox is a safer, better choice for Internet browsing.

Firefox Secrets is your comprehensive guide to this new Web browser. It will show you, step by step, how to optimize the many hidden and not-so-hidden features of Firefox. You'll learn how to make your browsing faster, slicker, safer, more fun, and - thanks to the limitless customization that Firefox affords - how to make the browser work exactly the way that you want it to.

Firefox Secrets is written by Cheah Chu Yeow and has been expert reviewed by Asa Dotzler, Mozilla Quality assurance spokesperson.

The included CD-ROM is packed with hand-picked themes and extensions to improve your browsing experience. It also includes copies of Firefox and Thunderbird for your convenience.

The bottom line? Firefox Secrets is the ultimate guide to the Web browser that major magazines, newspapers and even Microsoft's own Slate Magazine recommend as the best replacement to Internet Explorer

What Will You Learn?

Firefox Secrets will show you how to gain productivity by tweaking your browser to better suit the way you browse the Web. Firefox provides many ways to accomplish this - themes alter the appearance and position of on-screen elements, extensions modify or extend the browser's behaviour, and hidden and undocumented preferences allow you to control everything from how wide the 'search' box is to what happens which you hold down "Shift" and roll your mouse wheel!

You'll learn how to:

• Turbo-charge your browser by enabling Firefox's undocumented HTTP pipelining.
• Save time by having Firefox open all of your favorite Websites in tabs at start-up.
• Subscribe to XML feeds and read them from within your browser.
• Maintain your privacy on the Web by managing cookies.
• Never forget a password again, using the Password Manager.
• Master the secrets of the advanced about:config screen.
• Perform specialized Web searches from the location bar with smart keywords, and add your own customized searches.

If you are an experienced Web user or a Web developer, Firefox provides you with productivity tools to speed up Web page creation and debugging.

Web developers will learn to:

• Make debugging scripts a breeze using the JavaScript console.
• Inspect and modify any element on a Web page, live in the browser, using the DOM Inspector.
• Use the Page Info interface to view comprehensive diagnostic information about a Web page.

For a complete summary of what you will learn in Firefox Secrets, take a look at the Table of Contents.

Who Should Read This Book?

Firefox Secrets is suited to anybody who uses the Web regularly, and would like to improve their Web browsing experience. Current Firefox users will learn information about Firefox that they didn't know, while users who are considering the switch from another browser will learn what makes Firefox so comfortable to use.

Switching to Firefox?

If you don't currently use Firefox, and you're sick of spyware, popup windows and viruses, you may want to consider switching to Firefox for a safer and easier way to browse the Web.

Already Use Firefox?

If you're currently a Firefox power-user, you'll learn how to get your hands dirty modifying Firefox's hidden preferences, and hacking it to look and behave exactly as you want it to.

Firefox Secrets will save you hours of tedious research by presenting you the best extensions and themes on the bonus CD-ROM, and supplying you with the knowledge you need to use them.

No-risk Money-back Guarantee

Of course we’re so confident that you’ll treasure this book for years to come that we’re happy, as always, for you to try it risk-free for 30 days. If you purchase a copy of Firefox Secrets and you think it fails to be everything you wanted, we would like you to have your money back.

Simply contact us and we will see to it that you receive a prompt and courteous refund of the full purchase price minus shipping and handling.

What could be fairer than this?

How To Order This Book

Unfortunately, this book is no longer available!

The 1st edition of Firefox Secrets was a fine book but we replaced it with a new and updated edition in .

We don’t sell the old version now, but check out the new edition if you're looking for an updated book along the same lines.