If you're running a recent version of Firefox, you might want to have a look at our articles covering Firefox 1.5.
Bookmarks and the bookmark function is something most of you who browse on a daily basis will use. In this article I will explain a bit more about the options you get in Firefox regarding bookmarks. I'm sure with a bit more knowledge on how Mozilla Firefox works, and how to use bookmarks optimally, your experience and satisfaction with the browser will increase.
If you look at the screenshot above, I have highlighted the button
for your bookmarks, press it once with your mouse button and you
will get a extended menu:
Choosing this action will add your current page (tab window) to your bookmarks. If you choose this option you will get the following window (as shown below), note you got a few options. You can give the bookmark a name in "Name" field. You can also choose where the Mozilla Firefox browser should store the bookmark (which folder), really it's up to you. :) If you check the box which says "Bookmark all tabs in a folder", the browser will create a new folder under bookmarks, which includes all the open tabs windows. If your unsure about tabs windows check out this article. I suggest you spend a few minutes navigating and try to learn where things are. :)
To remove a page from bookmarks, simply press "Bookmarks" on the top of your browser and locate the page you want to delete, right click and press "delete".
Yes, a new window. I won't elaborate to much, this will get out of hand. ;) The bookmarks manager can be used to manage the properties (name, where it's pointing to) for each bookmark, as well as organize the bookmarks into folders and separate sections. I suggest you use some time and get to know the choices you have. Nothing you do can really hurt the program, so go on explore a bit.
Here you can find some of the Mozilla sites, you can also add pages to this folder if you want to.
By default there are placed some Firefox help sites under this folder, you can also add your own sites here if you wish to do so.
Lists a few search sites, you can edit this option aswell.
If you used IE as a default browser previously, you will find your bookmarks from IE under this folder, quite handy. :)
At the very bottom of "Bookmarks" menu, you will find your bookmarks added by you after Firefox installation, note you can move the bookmarks to folders if you wish to do so.
This is the eight in a series of articles about Firefox, if you have Firefox related topics you'd like to see covered here, let us know. Comments on this article, thumbs up or flames, can be sent to articles@nidelven-it.no. If you need help using Firefox, we recommend using the Firefox forums.
If you're running a recent version of Firefox, you might want to have a look at our articles covering Firefox 1.5.
If you find these articles useful, you might also want to check out the introduction to Thunderbird, introduction to Open Office, Plone or the introduction to Gaim. We're always looking for more translators.