General tab

  
Accessibility

  

Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages

      When this optionpreference is enabled, Firefox will display a movable cursor in web pages, allowing you to select text with the    keyboard.  You can toggle this mode by pressing F7.
  

Search for text when I start typing
     When this optionpreference is enabled, Firefox will find within     the current web page what you type as you type it. While you are finding      typed text in the page, the Find Toolbar will automatically display at the      bottom of the window to show information about what you've found.

  
Browsing
 

Use autoscrolling

      Autoscrolling is a useful feature which allows you to scroll the page by  clicking the middle mouse button (usually the scroll wheel) and moving the
      mouse up or down. Some people find this annoying, so autoscrolling can be disabled with this optionpreference.

Use smooth scrolling

      Smooth scrolling can be very useful if you read a lot of long pages.Normally, when you press Page Down, the view jumps directly
      down one page. With smooth scrolling, it slides down smoothly, so you can  see how much it scrolls. This makes it easier to resume reading from where
      you were before.
   
  

Check my spelling as I type   When this preference is enabled, Firefox will check your spelling  and offer possible corrections as you type in web forms.  Note that you
      may need to download a dictionary; to do so, right-clickpress Ctrl and    click on any text field, enable spellchecking if necessary, and
      then use the provided Languages menu to download a dictionary.  
ome web pages are offered in more than one language. Click the   Choose... button to specify your preferred language or  languages.


  

Languages Dialog   To add a language, click Select a language to add..., choose the  language, and click the Add button.  Remove a language by
      selecting it in the list of active languages and clicking the  Remove button.  You can also reorder languages using the Move
      Up and Move Down buttons to determine the most preferred one  in case a page is provided in multiple languages .

 

Your organization or Internet service provider may offer or require you to use a proxy.  A proxy acts as an intermediary between your computer and
      the Internet.  It intercepts all requests to the Internet to see if it can   fulfill the request using its cache.  Proxies are used to improve
      performance, filter requests, and hide your computer from the Internet to  improve security.  Proxies are often part of corporate firewalls.


  
Connection Settings Dialog direct connection to the Internet   This is the default optionpreference. Choose this if you don't want  to use a proxy.

    
Auto-detect proxy settings for this network