Novell SUSE LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 GNOME Quick Manual page 5

To start Firefox, click Computer → Firefox Web Browser.
With features like tabbed browsing, pop-up window block-
ing, and download and image management, Firefox com-
bines the latest Web technologies. Its easy access to differ-
ent search engines helps you find the information you need.
Enter a URL in the location bar to start browsing.
To open an empty tab in Firefox, press
new URL. To open a link in a new tab, click the link with
your middle mouse button. Right-click a tab to access more
tab options. You can create a new tab, reload one or all
existing tabs, or close a single tab or all tabs. You can also
change the sequence of the tabs by dragging and dropping
them to a new position.
Finding Information on the Web
1. To start a search on the Web with the Google* engine,
type your search keywords in the integrated search box
then press Enter. The results display in the window.
2. To use a different search engine, click the G icon in the
search box to open a list of other search engines.
3. Click the desired engine, then press
search.
You can also search the current Web page for keywords.
To do so, pressCtrl + F to open a Find bar at the bottom of
the window. Enter your search keyword there and use the
buttons to the right of the box to search in different direc-
tions or to select all hits in the text.
Downloading Files with Firefox
If you download a file with Firefox, the Firefox Download
Manager starts and saves this file to the folder configured
in Firefox Preferences. By default, your desktop is the desti-
nation folder for downloaded files. Firefox shows your fin-
ished downloads in the Downloads window.
Ctrl + T and type a
on the right of the location bar,
Enter to start the
You can open the downloaded files directly from the
Downloads window or from the destination folder. To clean
up the history of downloaded files, click Clean Up.
Configuring Firefox Preferences
To adjust the default download folder or to activate or
modify the pop-up blocking feature, click Edit → Prefer-
ences.
From here you can also configure numerous other settings
such as appearance, language, privacy, and tab options.
Click the icons and set the options on each page according
to your preferences. Click Close to apply the changes.
E-Mailing and Calendaring
For reading and managing your mail and events, SUSE Linux
Enterprise offers you Novell® Evolution™, a groupware
program that makes it easy to store, organize, and retrieve
your personal information; it also offers the GroupWise®
Client, a cross-platform, corporate e-mail system that pro-
vides secure messaging, calendaring, scheduling, and instant
messaging.
Starting Evolution for the First Time
Evolution seamlessly combines e-mail, a calendar, an address
book, and a task list in one easy-to-use application. With
its extensive support for communications and data inter-
change standards, Evolution can work with existing corpo-
rate networks and applications, including Microsoft* Ex-
change.
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