New Features in Firefox
- Live Bookmarks - read headlines from favorite web sites and blogs
- Tabbed Browsing - makes browsing the web more convenient
- Search in Firefox - find what you want faster
- Full List of What's New and Firefox Release Notes
Get Common Plugins
When you open some multimedia files, you'll need special plugins to open them in Firefox. No problem, they're available and easy to install. Here are some of the most common ones:
- Macromedia Flash Player
- Apple QuickTime
- Real Networks RealPlayer
- Windows Media Player
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Sun Microsystems Java Plug-in
Add New Search Engines
Up in the top right corner of Firefox, there's a handy search box that puts search engines at your fingertips. When you download Firefox, a number of searches (like Google, Yahoo, and Ebay) are included but you can easily add more. There are literally hundreds of search engines available. The following are some of the most popular:
- A9 Search - Amazon's web and shopping search.
- AltaVista - Another popular way to search the web.
- Ask Jeeves - Ask it questions and get answers.
- CDDB - Find album, artist, and song information.
- LEO - English to German translator.
- IMDB - The Internet Movie Database.
- Merriam-Webster - English dictionary search.
- Wikipedia - The incredible free encyclopedia.
- Find lots of other search engines...
