Firefox
and Internet Explorer Terminology Differences
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Internet Options
Options
Temporary Internet Files
Cache
Favorites
Bookmarks
Address Bar
Location Bar
Refresh
Reload
Links Bar
Bookmarks Toolbar
Copy Shortcut
Copy Link Location
About Your IE Settings
Firefox has a new feature that imports your existing settings from
Internet Explorer. It will run when you first install Firefox (and
is also available later through File > Import),
and it attempts to import your IE Favorites, cookies, stored passwords, and a
variety of other data. This saves you time customizing Firefox to fit
your needs.
Firefox s Features
Tabbed Browsing: Instead of opening a separate browser
window for each site you want to visit, you can open multiple sites within
the same window and tab between them. You can also set a group of tabs as
your home page.
Pop-up Window Controls: Lets you allow or suppress both
popup and popunder windows.
Profile Manager: Create, edit, or delete profiles, each
with its own bookmarks, options, and browsing data. This is useful if you must
share Firefox on the same computer with other people, or if you want
to keep your work and personal settings separate.
Cookie Manager: Lets you change what Firefox will
do when accepting cookies.
Download Manager: Organizes your downloads by storing
them in a single window to minimize clutter. You have full access to
download statistics without using unnecessary multiple windows for each
download.
Image Manager: Enables you to disable images from certain
Web sites or disable them altogether. This is useful if you wish to decrease
the amount of time it takes for Web sites to load.
Keyboard Shortcuts
You will notice that Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox share many of
the same shortcut keys. For a full list of shortcut keys, see the
List of Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts.