Hello and welcome to another video in our HOW MCW series. My name is Matt Bauer and
this week I’ll be showing you some of the benefits of Mozilla Firefox and how to use
it. Firefox is a web browser, the same type of software as Microsoft Internet Explorer.
However, Firefox has several benefits over Internet Explorer, and here they are:
#1 – Ease of use – Firefox works the same way as Internet Explorer, and is just as easy
to use, if not easier. You still have your address bar,
search bar, Favorites or Bookmarks, and navigation buttons.
Firefox can even import all of your existing data, including your Favorites and homepage,
from Internet Explorer. #2 – Security – Firefox has been shown
to be very effective in helping to prevent websites from installing viruses and spyware
on your computer. It also has a great pop-up blocker that you can customize based on any
given website. #3 – Speed – Firefox loads web pages faster
than Internet Explorer, which means your photo sites, social networking sites, and web-based
email will all load faster and be more responsive. #4 – Features – There are lots of features
in Mozilla Firefox, but here are just a few: Download Manager – Instead of using several
windows to download files from the Internet, Firefox has a single Download Manager window
that shows all of your downloads in a list. In most cases, you can even pause a download
and resume it later. This comes in handy if you have to leave or reboot your computer
while you are in the middle of a download. Spell Checker – When entering text into
web pages such as web-based email or blog sites, Firefox automatically checks your spelling
and underlines misspelled words. You can then right-click them and choose a correctly spelled
suggestion. Detailed History – Firefox keeps your browsing
history for a very long time, and it’s searchable, so when you want to visit that website you
went to 6 months ago, either type in any words you can remember about it, or just look at
the list for that month and scroll down until you find it. Firefox even shows the specific
date AND time of your visit. If you don’t want to track your browser
history at all, you can turn on Private Browsing, which will allow you to use websites without
storing any cookies or history on your computer.
Just remember to turn it back off when you DO want to track your browsing history.
I may cover other features of Firefox in a future video, so if you’d like to learn
more about Firefox, please let me know in the Comments section below.
As I said before, Mozilla Firefox is just as easy to use as Internet Explorer, and it’s
free, so give it a try. If you are a My Computer Works customer, it should already be installed
on your computer. If not, you can download it from firefox.com. If you’re not yet a
My Computer Works customer, go ahead and visit our website, mycomputerworks.com, or call
the number you see below. If you have training ideas, please send your suggestions to training@mycomputerworks.com
or post them in the comments section below. My name is Matt Bauer, thanks so much for
watching, and we’ll see ya next time.