bandwidth. There are many more extensions and plug-ins that you can use to
enhance your browsing experience, and you can find them by pressing
Shift+Ctrl+A while in Firefox.
You can find and obtain plug-ins and extensions easily because Mozilla
developers have created a site dedicated to helping you get more from
Firefox. You don’t have to search to find the site as there is a link in the
Firefox menu at Tools, Add-ons, Get Add-ons that takes you directly to it. A
particular favorite is the Adblock Plus plug-in, which enables you to nuke all
those annoying banners and animations that take up so much bandwidth while
you are browsing.
FLASH
You can enable Flash in your browser by installing the flashplugin-
installer package, or, better yet, you can deal with the whole issue of
codecs and functionality for your entire operating system right off by
installing ubuntu-restricted-extras. To make things even easier,
if you have not yet installed this package and visited a web page that
requires Flash, a pop-up window appears with information and a link to
help you install it easily. In any case, Ubuntu downloads the official
package from Adobe and installs it on your system. A browser restart is
required before you try to access any Flash-enabled content.
Note that Adobe has stated that it has ceased to support Flash on Linux.
However, Google Chrome includes Flash support and is doing so with
Adobe’s blessing. If you need Flash, you should probably use Google
Chrome as your browser.Checking Out Google Chrome and
Chromium
Anyone who has been paying attention to tech news has heard about the
explosive Google Chrome (see Figure 4.2), which has gone from being the
new kid on the block to a firm contender for most popular browser in just a
few years. This browser is fast, secure, expandable with extensions, and the
hottest new toy on geek desktops. It is based on WebKit and other
technologies, and it downloads and renders quickly while being compliant
with standards. You can learn more about the easy installation of Google
Chrome at www.google.com/chrome.