Persuasive speech presentation for COMM1040-01 Intro to Public Speaking class at UMSL, Spring 2008

1. Why Choose Firefox?
Persuasive Speech
Kostiantyn Iakovliev
UMSL
COMM1040-01 Intro to Public Speaking
March 12, 2008

2. Operating Systems
World Users
In Our Class
Source:
Source: the anonymous class survey
Source:
Source: the anonymous class survey
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp people, held March 55––10,
of 11
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp people, held March
of 11
10,
2008
2008

3. Browser Statistics
World Users
In Our Class
Source:
Source:
www.w3schools.com/browsers/bro
www.w3schools.com/browsers/bro
wsers_stats.asp
wsers_stats.asp
Source: the anonymous class survey
Source: the anonymous class survey
of 11 people, held March 55––10,
of 11 people, held March
10,
2008
2008

4. Safety
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ActiveX Issues
JavaScript
Privacy
Updates
History View

5. Reliability
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Meeting web standards
Pop-Up Blocker
Restoring Sessions
Download Manager
Faster loading of pages
Portable (USB) version
http://PortableApps.com/

6. Customization

7. Customization
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Variety of plug-ins and extensions
Pre-Installed search engines like Google
Skins
Live Bookmarks
Synchronization across different computers
(del.icio.us; Google Bookmarks, FoxMarks)

8. But most Important…
• Zotero:
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links to articles and related content
bibliography-maker
compatibility with MS Office and OpenOffice
easy to use and best for research papers
• pre-installed with Campus Edition!
http://Zotero.org/

9. Switching is easy!
• Go to http://GetFirefox.com/ and download
the latest version
• The wizard will help you to transfer your
settings, bookmarks, and saved passwords
from IE
• Customize and enjoy (mind Zotero!)

10. Switching is even easier!
• In a computer lab go to Start Menu –
Mozilla Firefox
• Or use a portable version from
http://PortableApps.com/ on your USB
drive

11. Give it a chance !
Start using Firefox right now!