Most of us log into a number of Web services every time we browse the Web, so this
setting can save you a lot of hassle in remembering passwords. But, this does open up
a security issue, in that Firefox will now store these passwords on your hard disk.
Cookies??”The Web content you choose can try to open, move, resize, raise, and
lower windows. It can request to change your images, status bar text, or bits of information
stored in what are called cookies. These preferences let you restrict what the
content you request can do.
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Advanced??”Set Advanced preferences to fine-tune your Web browsing experience. That
includes setting accessibility options, and whether Firefox should automatically download
updates. Here are some preferences that might interest you:
Languages??”For Web pages that can appear in multiple languages, this sets the order
in which you would prefer languages to be displayed. For example, you might choose
English/United States, English, French, and German. Then Firefox tries to display a
Web page you open in each of those languages successively, until one is matched. You
can set other advanced features on this tab.
Software Installation??”Choose to allow or disallow requested Web content attempts
to install software, such as updates, on your computer.
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