3 Keywords: Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Accessibility

"My favourite web browser is Mozilla Firefox. This is because of the many add-ons that it has. One of my favourite add-ons is the one where you can change the background colour of any website to be the colour that you want. There was also another good one that allows you to enlarge the size of pictures."

At home, I have changed the background colour on some websites using an add-on to the browser Mozilla Firefox. So my Google website has a dark blue background instead of white. It's easy on the eyes that way. But generally I don't feel the need to change backgrounds."

I have used the program 'Wink', a free presentation tool that allows you to capture screens, to show how I use Mozilla Firefox.  Download the Wink presentation (17MB Flash file).  Internet Explorer will allow keyboard access to the file.  The download may be slow so these three sections illustrate the main points.

Basic features included in Firefox as standard

• Tabbed browsing - recently copied by IE7
• Keyword searches
• inbuilt spellchecker for webmail etc

Additional Features - addins

• Adblock - no more annoying ads
• Stylish websites - customise the look of your favourite websites
• Cooliris (formerly PicLens) - 3D way of viewing images online
• Favloc - Download files and images to different locations
• TextMarker - highlight text in three different colours

Conclusion

Some compatibilityissues remain because of poor web design

Ideal for home use - fully compatible with themes and add-ons

Available as a Portable App that runs from a memory stick.