Friday, November 12, 2010

Firefox Add-ons

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Firefox Add-ons are easy to install, learn, and use pieces of software that you install into Firefox which adds more functionality and allows for near total customization of your Firefox web browser. All Firefox add-ons are free of charge.


What is a Firefox Extension?

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Extensions are a type of add-on that allows you to do more with Firefox than just surf the Internet. For example, the Page Zoom Buttons provides a quick and easy way to control Firefox's full page zoom feature, and Click, Speak one that will read the contents of a web page to you, and

The extensions that are recommended on Access Firefox were selected to help people with different disabilities to use Firefox and the Internet in a way that meets their individual needs.


What is a Firefox Theme?

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Themes change the appearance of Firefox including the menus, buttons, fonts, and colors. There are hundreds of themes to choose from all with different colors, styles, icons, and buttons.

The themes listed on this site are high and low contrast ones with some of them providing large buttons, icons, and text.