firefox has many ways to personalize
your browsing experience you can change
your homepage to a website you visit
often customize your toolbar or change
the look and functions of the browser by
installing add-ons your home page is the
first page that appears whenever you
start your web browser by default it is
the Firefox Home Page who ever you can
change it to a website you visit often
first click the menu button at the top
right corner then select options choose
home on the left side of the screen then
click the arrow on the drop down menu
and choose custom URLs type or paste a
web address let's use Wikipedia org then
press Enter
now whenever you start Firefox or click
the home button you will go to this page
you can customize your toolbar to
display tools you use frequently click
the menu button and choose customize
click and drag tools to your toolbar you
can also rearrange them to suit your
needs click restore defaults to remove
any changes you've made to the toolbar
to close the page click done at the
bottom of the screen add-ons provide all
kinds of new functionality to your web
browser and you can access them by
clicking on the menu button and
selecting add-ons to open the add-ons
manager add-ons can be extensions or
themes extensions add additional
features such as translation assistance
or blocking annoying advertisements
while themes change the appearance of
Firefox by adding new colors and
backgrounds let's look at themes first
Firefox has three basic themes including
a light theme and a dark theme click
enable to select a theme you can also
search for more themes by typing in the
search box if you want to add an
extension click get add-ons and then
select find more add-ons here you can
choose from a variety of categories and
featured extensions maybe you'd like to
get rid of advertisements let's click
Add blockers you will find many
extensions that block ads you can
compare them by reading details for each
including the number of users and how
well reviewed it is when you find one
you like click its name to check out
more details if you decide to install it
click Add to Firefox keep in mind that
some extensions may ask for many
permissions and may put your security at
risk
so make sure to read this information
carefully if you agree click Add then
click OK to add it to your extensions
list if you want to get rid of an
extension click on the add-ons manager
tab and select extensions you can
temporarily disable one or remove it
completely from your computer those are
the basics of customizing Firefox GCF
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