

The URL box features direct Google searching as well as an auto predict/history feature called Awesome Bar. In recent years Mozilla has also focused on maximizing browsing area by simplifying toolbar controls to just a Mozilla Firefox button (which contains settings and options) and back/forward buttons. They created the tab structure that has been adopted by most other browsers. Mozilla put of a lot of resources into creating a simple but effective UI aimed at making browsing quicker and easier. The browser is particularly popular with developers thanks to its open source development and active community of advanced users. The key features that have made Mozilla Firefox so popular are the simple and effective UI, browser speed and strong security capabilities. Although the browser's market share is lower for OS X, it is still one of the most popular browsers available on the Mac platform. Since then, Mozilla Firefox has consistently featured in the top 3 most popular browsers globally. At its public launch in 2004 Mozilla Firefox was the first browser to challenge Microsoft Internet Explorer’s dominance.

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, light and tidy open source web browser. The first thing you should try is to make sure that you have the latest Java.

Java security settings are set too high.You are using outdated Java (below Oracle's security baseline).If a web page with Java Uploader or Downloader displays correctly, but does not upload or download chosen files, this may mean two things: If you click the Allow now button, you will encounter this problem again when visiting other web pages that use Java. When you click Allow and Remember Firefox adds the current webpage to an internal whitelist, whereby the Java applet will run automatically in the future without further intervention.
