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• FireFox Web-Browser home web-page

Start FireFox in order to configure the following user defined settings.

• Start FireFox web-browser application.
  • If you have multiple FireFox user profiles defined then configuration of user defined setting is required for each profile defined. ¹
• Open the FireFox options window.
  • Windows and Linux Select Tools --> Options
  • Mac Computers
    • Select the FireFox application window to make the "active" application.
    • Select FireFox --> Preferences OR Command key + ,

The FireFox options ("preferences") window appears, and the following user option sections are displayed.
Windows System – Open FireFox web-browser options window

• General – Configure the following general preferences. – General or Main Preferences Figure
  • Set the "Startup home page display URL" ² value.
  • File download processing, and save to directory location.
  • Plugin management and preferences.
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• Tabs – Configure Tab browsing settings.
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• Content preferences - Web-page content browser settings.
  • Block pop-up windows.
    • Enable blocking pop-up windows, and only allow selected application websites to open pop-up windows.
  • Enable "Load images automatically."
  • Enable JavaScript
  • Enable JavaScript processing for websites, but if there is a doubt regarding the authenticity, functionality or trust-worthiness of a specific website then either disable JavaScript and proceed, or do not visit the website.
    • Note OIT web applications utilize JavaScript in order to function correctly.
  • Disable Java / Do not select: "Enable Java."

• Privacy Preferences.

• Security Preferences figure
  • Enable – "Warn me when sites try to install add-ons."
  • Enable – "Block reported attack sites."
  • Enable – "Block reported web forgeries."
  • Disable – "Remember passwords for sites."
  • Disable – "Use a master password."

• Advanced Settings figure

Note: On a Mac, Firefox 4.0 is 64-bit by default. Various plugins such as: Quicktime 7.6.6, do not function as expected when running in 64-bit mode.

• To run Firefox in 32-bit mode open the applications folder in a Finder window.
• Right click the "Get Info" to select "Open in 32-bit mode:"
  • 32-bit Mode Switch for the Mac version of FireFox

² URL – Uniform Resource Locator