Presentation

on
FireFox And Thunderbird
 Table Of Contents
• What Is FireFox…….??
– Web Browser…??

• System Requirements For FireFox.

• Various Versions Of FireFox.

• History Of FireFox.
• Pros & Cons Of FireFox.

• Comparison With Internet Explorer(IE).

– Security Difference.
– Terminology Diffenrence.
– Picture View Difference.

• Various Themes In FireFox.

• What Is Thunderbird…….??

• System Requirements For Thunderbird.

• Various Versions Of Thunderbird.

• History Of Thunderbird.

• Features Of Thunderbird.
• Thunderbird Mail Client Vs Web Mail.
– Advantages Over Web Mail.

• Top Toolbar.

• Main Window.

• Address Book.

• Problems Or Possible Deficiencies.

• Conclusion.
 FireFox
• What It Is………..??
• Web Browser By Mozilla.
• Sep 23, 2002 [ Ver 1.2 (0.1) ].
• Lighter Ver Of Mozilla’s Netscape (Seamonkey).
• Free Of Cost.
• Various Features.
 System Requirements
General PC Requirements with Microsoft

• Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz

or greater)

• 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or

greater)

• 52 MB hard drive space

• 98/98SE/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP (Recommended)

 Linux Software Requirements
• Linux kernel - 2.2.14 or higher with the following libraries or
packages.

• glibc 2.3.2 or higher, XFree86-3.3.6 or higher, gtk+2.0 or higher,

ontconfig (also known as xft) and libstdc++5.

Minimum Hardware On Linux

- Intel Pentium II or AMD K6-III+ 233 MHz CPU
(Recommended: 500MHz or greater).

- 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater) & 52

MB hard drive space.
 Macintosh Requirements
· PowerPC 604e 266 MHz (Recommended: PowerPC G4 667MHz
or greater)

· 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 256 MB RAM or greater) & 72

MB hard drive space.

· OS X 10.1.x or 10.2.x and later.

Other Unix Platforms

· Sun Solaris for SPARC Systems.

· FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD

 Versions Of FireFox
Versions Under 1.2
Browser Name – Phoenix.
- 0.1 (Pescadero) – Sep 23, 2002.
- 0.2 ( Santa Cruz) – Oct 1, 2002.
- 0.3 (Lucia) – Oct 14, 2002.

Versions Under 1.3

- 0.4 (Oceano) – Oct 19, 2002.
- 0.5 (Naples) – Dec 7, 2002.
 Versions Under 1.5
Browser Name – Mozilla FireBird
- 0.6 (Glendable) – May 17, 2003.
- 0.6.1 – July 28, 2003.
- 0.7 (Indio) – Oct 15, 2003.
- 0.7.1 (Three Kings) – Oct 26, 2003.

Versions Under 1.6

Browser Name – Mozilla Firefox
- 0.8 (Royal Oak) – Feb 9, 2004.
- 0.9 (One Tree Hill) – June 15, 2004.
- ………………….
Latest & Future Version – Mozilla FireFox 2 (2.0 – FireFox 2
“Bon Echo”) & Mozilla Firefox 3 early in 2007.
 History Of FireFox
• Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross.

• First version on Sep 23, 2002.

• Browser name at the beginning – Phoenix.

• On May 17, 2003 named as Mozilla FireBird.

• On Feb 9, 2004 named as Mozilla FireFox (a common name for

red panda).

• From FireFox 1.5 no support for Macintosh.

 Advantages Of FireFox
• Tabbed Browsing.

• Popup Blocking.

• Finding Stuff Is Easier Or Searching.

• Simplified Privacy.

• Better Bookmarks And History.

• Better Accessibility & Responsive.

• Customizable & Extensible.

- Themeable.

• Modern Download Manager.

• Free Of Cost.

• Help For Internet Explorer.

• Custom Keywords.
 Disadvantages Of FireFox
• Slow Initial Loading.

• Lack Of HTML Editor.

• Older Versions.

• Weak RSS Support.

• Memory Hog.
• Specific Image Blocking.

• Page Zoom.
 Comparison With IE
Security Difference
• Not Integrated With Windows.
• Support For VB Script & ActiveX.
• Doesn’t Use MS Java VM.
Terminology Difference

IE FireFox
Internet Options Options
Temporary Internet Files Cache
Favourites Bookmarks
Address Bar Location Bar
Refresh Reload
 IE FireFox
Links Bar Bookmarks Toolbar
Copy Shortcut Copy Link Location
Save Target As Save Link As

Picture View
IE FireFox
Various Themes In FireFox
Conclusion
Thank You
Presented By
Nitin Kapoor
Richa Sharma