in this video we'll talk about the
basics of browsing in firefox such as
navigating to a website opening windows
and tabs downloading files and viewing
browsing history to visit a website or
search the web find the address bar at
the top of the screen type in a web
address and press enter your website
will then appear don't worry if you
don't know the website address you can
also use the address bar to do a search
type in any search terms as you type
search suggestions will appear with a
magnifying glass next to them you can
either click on these suggestions or
type your own search and press ENTER a
list of search results will appear and
you can click one to check it out
you can also use the address bar to
quickly find pages you have previously
visited or bookmarked maybe you
previously visited the Grand Canyon
website the website will appear in the
list click on it to return to the
website without having to perform a
search there are four main buttons used
for navigation the back button and the
forward button allow you to move through
pages you have recently viewed the
refresh button will reload the current
page you can use refresh if a webpage
stops working or if you want to see if
there are any changes to the webpage
finally the home button will take you to
your home page your home page is the
first page that appears whenever you
start Firefox tabs allow you to have
multiple web pages open in the same
window to open a new tab click the plus
sign and use it to visit any website
you'd like to see a different tab click
the one you wish to view close a tab by
clicking the X to the right of the tab
when you find a link on a website you
can
view it in a new tab by right-clicking
it then selecting open link in new tab
feel free to open as many as you'd like
I'm going to open a few tabs right now
this will make it easy for you to go
back and forth between multiple web
pages you can move tabs by clicking and
dragging one to the desired position
then releasing the mouse you can even
pull one to a new window of its own just
click and drag it out of the browser
window then release the mouse you will
then appear in its own window if you
found a file on the web that you want to
save to your computer you can download
the file by clicking the link and it may
download automatically however if it
doesn't download automatically you can
right-click it and select Save Link As
when the dialog box opens select the
location where you want to save the file
and enter a file name let's call this
Grand Canyon trip then click Save to
begin downloading to check its progress
click the download button in the top
right corner when it's finished
downloading click the file to open it
every website you visit is remembered in
a record known as your browsing history
and you can view it by clicking the menu
button in the top right corner selecting
library and clicking history then choose
show all history click today to show
your recently visited websites select
another time on the left of the window
to see your history on a different day
to return to a website double click it
now you're ready to browse the web with
Firefox
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