The powerful and secure Mozilla Firefox web browser is included in Ubuntu. Firefox features tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, built-in search, and live bookmarks. Also supported are popular plug-ins such as Java, Flash, and RealPlayer.
Firefox can be launched by clicking → → .
Addons extend Firefox's capabilities, such as automatically removing adverts or altering the behaviour of menus.
To view a list of currently-installed plugins in the Firefox Web Browser , open → → and click → .
It is possible to install a whole set of commonly-used restricted plugins at once, by installing the Ubuntu restricted extras package.
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Restricted plugins are those which cannot be distributed with Ubuntu because of legal issues surrounding their use in some countries. Check that you are allowed to use this software before installing it. See the Ubuntu website for more information on restricted software. |
Click here to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package.
As well as plugins and multimedia codecs, a set of Windows fonts will also be installed.
The following plugins and codecs are installed by the Ubuntu restricted extras package:
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flashplugin-installer
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gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
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gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
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ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Many different multimedia formats are used on the Internet and you may find that you are unable to play some audio and video files without installing an appropriate plugin.
Quicktime, Real, WMV and many others are available.
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Open → .
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Click .
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Double click each plugin or application you require and click .
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You are asked for a password, then the plugin is downloaded.
Click here to install the flashplugin-nonfree package.
Some websites use small Java programs, which require a Java plugin to be installed in order to run.
Click here to install the sun-java6-plugin package.
If you find that the size of text in Firefox is too small to read comfortably, you can increase the default font size.
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Press → and select the Content tab
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Under Fonts & Colors, change the Size to a larger number (around 20 tends to be quite comfortable to read)
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Text on web pages should immediately look larger. Press
To temporarily increase the size of text on a web page, press → → . Alternatively, hold down the Ctrl key and scroll down with your mouse's scroll wheel, or press Ctrl++.
To return the text to its normal size, press → → .
