Google Pack is a a free collection of essential software.  Google has worked with their own programers and designed software to better your computing experience.  They also teamed up with Mozilla, Norton Antivirus, and other manufacturers to provide more FREE software.
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What is it?

FireFox is an awarding winning browser based on the open source Mozilla project.  For those who are new to the web, a browser is the program you use to view the Internet.  For most Windows based computers (Windows 98, 2000, XP) you use Internet Explorer by default.  This is the blue ‘e’ on your desktop and in your start menu.  For those Macintosh/Apple based computers, you use Safari by default.  FireFox replaces these programs.
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FireFox extensions (also called plug-ins throughout this article) are add-ons for the FireFox browser.  For those who do not know about FireFox, please read this article first: Introduction To FireFox

When you first switch from Internet Explorer (or Safari for those Mac users) the increase in usability, stability, and security is quite amazing.  These extensions make you feel this way all over again!  The following four pages list out four of my favorite FireFox extensions in no particular order.  The last page contains a link to download the four plug-ins directly from the FireFox web site.
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