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<chapter id="web-apps" status="review">

        <title>Internet Applications</title>

        <para>This section provides information on using common Internet applications, such as web browsers and email clients.</para>

 

        <sect1 id="web-browsing" status="review">

                <title>Web browsing with Firefox</title>

                <para>The powerful and secure <application>Mozilla Firefox</application> web browser is included in Ubuntu. <application>Firefox</application> features tabbed browsing, pop-up blocking, built-in search, and live bookmarks. Also supported are popular plug-ins such as Java, Flash, and RealPlayer.</para>

                <para><application>Firefox</application> can be launched by clicking &firefox;.</para>                  

                <sect2 id="web-browsing-addons" status="review">

                        <title>Get addons for your Firefox</title>

                        <para>Addons extend Firefox's capabilities, such as automatically removing adverts or altering

                        the behaviour of menus.</para>

                        <para>To view a list of currently-installed plugins in the <application>Firefox Web Browser</application>

                        , open &firefox; and click <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add-ons</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

                        

                        <sect3 id="web-browsing-addons-commonrestricted" status="review">

                                <title>Quickly install common plugins</title>

                                <para>It is possible to install a whole set of commonly-used restricted plugins at once, by installing the <application>Ubuntu restricted extras</application> package.</para>

                                <warning><para><emphasis>Restricted plugins</emphasis> are those which cannot be distributed with Ubuntu because of legal issues surrounding their use in some countries. Check that you are allowed to use this software before installing it. See the <ulink url='http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/licensing'>Ubuntu website</ulink> for more information on restricted software.</para></warning>

                                <para><ulink url="apt:ubuntu-restricted-extras">Install the <application>ubuntu-restricted-extras</application> package</ulink>.</para>

                                <para>As well as plugins and multimedia codecs, a set of Windows fonts will also be installed.</para>

                                <para>The following plugins and codecs are installed by the <application>Ubuntu restricted extras</application> package:</para>

                                <itemizedlist>

                                        <listitem><para><application>flashplugin-installer</application></para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg</application></para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-pitfdll</application></para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad</application></para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse</application></para></listitem>

          <listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly</application></para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para><application>gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse</application></para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para><application>libavcodec-extra-52</application></para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para><application>libmp4v2-0</application></para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para><application>icedtea6-plugin</application></para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para><application>ttf-mscorefonts-installer</application></para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para><application>unrar</application></para></listitem>

                                </itemizedlist>

                        </sect3>

                

                        <sect3 id="web-browsing-addons-audiovideo" status="review">

                                <title>Audio and video plugins</title>

                                <para>Many different multimedia formats are used on the Internet and you may find that you are unable to play some audio and video files without installing an appropriate plugin.</para>

                                <para>Quicktime, WMV and many others are available.</para>

                                <orderedlist>

                                        <listitem><para>Open &software-center;.</para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para>Click <guibutton>Sound &amp; Video</guibutton>.</para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para>Double click each plugin or application you require and click <guibutton>Install</guibutton>.</para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para>You are asked for a password, then the plugin is downloaded.</para></listitem>

                                </orderedlist>

                        </sect3>

 

                        <sect3 id="web-browsing-addons-flash" status="review">

                                <title>Flash multimedia plugin</title>

                                <para><ulink url="apt:flashplugin-installer">Install the <application>flashplugin-installer</application> package</ulink>.</para>

                        </sect3>

                        

                        <sect3 id="web-browsing-addons-java" status="review">

                                <title>Java browser plugin</title>

                                <para>Some websites use small <application>Java</application> programs, which require a Java plugin to be installed in order to run.</para>

                                <para><ulink url="apt:icedtea6-plugin">Install the <application>icedtea6-plugin</application> package</ulink>.</para>

                        </sect3>

                        

                </sect2>

 

                <sect2 id="web-browsing-fontsize" status="review">

                        <title>Changing the default font size</title>

                        <para>If you find that the size of text in Firefox is too small to read comfortably, you can increase the default font size.</para>

                        <orderedlist>

                                <listitem><para>Press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select the <guilabel>Content</guilabel> tab</para></listitem>

                                <listitem><para>Under <guilabel>Fonts &amp; Colors</guilabel>, change the <guilabel>Size</guilabel> to a larger number (around 20 tends to be quite comfortable to read)</para></listitem>

                                <listitem><para>Text on web pages should immediately look larger. Press <guibutton>Close</guibutton></para></listitem>

                        </orderedlist>

                        <para>To temporarily zoom in to a web page, which will increase its text size, press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>View</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Zoom</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Alternatively, hold down the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key and scroll up with your mouse's scroll wheel, or press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>+</keycap></keycombo>.</para>

                        <para>If you wish to enlarge the text without enlarging the other page contents, make sure the box at <menuchoice><guimenuitem>View</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Zoom</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Zoom Text Only</guimenuitem></menuchoice> is checked.</para>

                        <para>To return the page to its normal size, press <menuchoice><guimenuitem>View</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Zoom</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Reset</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, or press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>0</keycap></keycombo>.</para>

                </sect2>

 

        </sect1>

 

        <sect1 id="email" status="review">

                <title>Send and receive emails</title>

                <para>Email is one of the most popular ways to communicate over the Internet. Ubuntu includes all of the tools that you need to send, receive and organize email messages.</para>

                <para>The <application>Evolution</application> groupware suite is the default email client, and can handle all of your <ulink type='help' url='ghelp:evolution#usage-mail'>email</ulink>, <ulink type='help' url='ghelp:evolution#usage-contact'>contact lists</ulink>, <ulink type='help' url='ghelp:evolution#usage-calendar-todo'>tasks</ulink> and <ulink type='help' url='ghelp:evolution#usage-calendar'>calendar</ulink> needs. It also integrates with the <ulink type='help' url='ghelp:clock#clock-usage-calendar'>panel clock</ulink>, giving you one-click access to your task list.</para>

                <para><application>Evolution</application> can be launched by pressing &evolution-mail;.</para>

                <para>See the <ulink type='help' url='ghelp:evolution'>Evolution manual</ulink> for help on how to use Evolution.</para>

                

                <sect2 id="email-evolution-spam" status="review">

                        <title>Junk mail filtering</title>

                        <para>Bogofilter classifies mail as junk mail (also known as <emphasis>spam</emphasis>) by analysing the message statistically, and can learn from selections made by the user. The technique is known as Bayesian filtering; you can find more details on this here:</para>

                        <itemizedlist>

                                <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html">http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html</ulink></para></listitem>

                                <listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.paulgraham.com/better.html">http://www.paulgraham.com/better.html</ulink></para></listitem>

                        </itemizedlist>

                        <para>Evolution can be automatically configured to use Bogofilter.</para>

                        <itemizedlist>

                                <listitem><para><ulink url="apt:bogofilter">Install the <application>Bogofilter</application> package</ulink>.</para></listitem>

                                <listitem><para>Open &evolution-mail;.</para></listitem>

                                <listitem><para>Enable the junk mail filter by selecting <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Mail Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Junk</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Check incoming mail for junk</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>

                                <listitem><para>Turn on the Bogofilter plugin by selecting <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Edit</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Plugins</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>

                        </itemizedlist>

                        <para>Bogofilter will now start to learn what is spam, based on the messages you mark. To mark a message as spam, select <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Message</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Mark As</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Junk</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>

                </sect2>

                

                <sect2 id="email-alternative" status="review">

                        <title>Alternative email applications</title>

                        <para>You can also use <application>Mozilla Thunderbird</application> for email. To install it, <ulink url="apt:thunderbird">install the <application>thunderbird</application> package</ulink>.</para>

                        <para>To start <application>Thunderbird</application>, choose &thunderbird;.</para>

                        <para>To change your preferred email client to <application>Mozilla Thunderbird</application>:</para>

                        <procedure>

                                <step>

                                        <para>Choose &preferred-applications;</para>

                                </step>

                                <step>

                                        <para>Click on the <guibutton>Mail Reader</guibutton> drop down menu, and select the <guilabel>Thunderbird</guilabel> option.</para>

                                </step>

                                <step>

                                        <para>

                                        If Thunderbird is not listed above then click the <guilabel>Custom</guilabel> option. In the Command text box, type <command>thunderbird %s</command> and <guibutton>Close</guibutton>.

                                        </para>                         

                                </step>

                        </procedure>

                </sect2>

                

        </sect1>

 

        <sect1 id="internet-instant-messaging" status="review">

                <title>Instant Messaging</title>

                <para>Instant messaging (IM) is a way of communicating with friends and family by sending messages to one another over the Internet. Instant messaging happens in real-time, and there is no delay between you typing a message and the other person receiving it.</para>

                

                <sect2 id="internet-instant-messaging-empathy" status="review">

                        <title>Empathy Internet Messenger</title>

                        <para><application>Empathy</application> is the default instant messenger client in Ubuntu. With <application>Empathy</application> you can talk to people who use AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, GroupWise, ICQ, IRC, Jabber, MSN, Napster, Salut, Sametime, QQ, and Yahoo, and list all your buddies in a single window.</para>

                        <para>To start <application>Empathy</application>, choose &empathy;.</para>

                        <para>See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:empathy">Empathy Manual</ulink> for help on using <application>Empathy</application>.</para>

                </sect2>

                

                <sect2 id="internet-instant-messaging-ekiga" status="review">

                        <title>Ekiga Softphone</title>

                        <para><application>Ekiga</application> is an Internet telephony (VoIP) application in Ubuntu. It lets you make audio and video calls over the Internet to       people who have hardware or software that follows the SIP or H.323 standards and also features basic instant messaging. It is compatible with Windows Messenger and most VoIP applications. However, Ekiga cannot communicate with Skype because the latter uses proprietary technology. If you have the right SIP provider, you can also use Ekiga to place calls to any normal phone line.</para>

                        <procedure>

                                <step>

                                        <para><ulink url="apt:ekiga">Install the <application>ekiga</application> package</ulink>.</para>

                                </step>

                                <step>

                                        <para>To start <application>Ekiga</application>, choose &ekiga;.</para>

                                </step>

                        </procedure>

                        <para>See the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:ekiga">Ekiga Manual</ulink> for help on using Ekiga.</para>

                </sect2>

                        

                <sect2 id="internet-instant-messaging-irc" status="review">

                        <title>IRC instant messaging</title>

                        <para>For users of IRC instant messaging services there is <application>XChat Gnome</application>. Its features include advanced scripting support (perl and python) and a clean, easy to use interface.</para>

                        <procedure>

                                <step>

                                        <para><ulink url="apt:xchat-gnome">Install the <application>xchat-gnome</application> package</ulink>.</para>

                                </step>

                                <step>

                                        <para>To start <application>XChat</application>, choose &xchat-gnome;.</para>

                                </step>

                        </procedure>

                </sect2>

                

                <sect2 id="internet-instant-messaging-irchelp" status="review">

                        <title>Getting help using IRC instant messaging</title>

                        <para>One excellent way to get help with Ubuntu or to introduce yourself to IRC is to join Ubuntu's official support channel on &irc-network;.</para>

                        <procedure>

                                <step>

                                        <para>Start <application>XChat-Gnome</application> as above.</para>

                                </step>

                                <step>

                                        <para>When you start <application>XChat-Gnome</application> for the first time, it will ask you for an IRC Nickname &amp; your real name. Pick anything you want for your nick (first initial &amp; your last name is good, or be more creative), put your real name or part of it, and press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>

                                </step>

                                <step>

                                        <para>In the Server Window that opens next, select <emphasis>Ubuntu Servers</emphasis>, and press <guibutton>Connect</guibutton>.</para>

                                </step>

                        </procedure>

                </sect2>

                

        </sect1>

 

        <sect1 id="internet-otherapps" status="review">

                <title>Other Internet applications</title>

                <para>The Internet has much more to offer besides web browsing, email and instant messaging. Ubuntu provides a selection of other applications to help you get the most out of the Internet.</para>

                

                <sect2 id="internet-otherapps-p2p" status="review">

                        <title>Peer-to-Peer networks</title>

                        <para>Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks are a way of sharing files, music and videos between people from all around the world.</para>

                        <para>A popular P2P service is <emphasis>BitTorrent</emphasis>, and BitTorrent capability is included in Ubuntu by default. To use  BitTorrent, find a <emphasis>.torrent</emphasis> file online, click on it in the <application>Firefox Web Browser</application>, and the <application>Transmission BitTorrent Client</application> should start automatically.</para>

                        <para>To restart a download open <application>Transmission BitTorrent Client</application>, choose &bittorrent;.</para>

                        <para>An alternative P2P application is the <application>aMule File Sharing Client</application>.</para>

                        <procedure>

                                <step>

                                        <para><ulink url="apt:amule">Install the <application>amule</application> package</ulink>.</para>

                                </step>

                                <step>

                                        <para>To open <application>aMule</application>, choose &amule;.</para>

                                </step>

                        </procedure>

                </sect2>

 

                <sect2 id="internet-otherapps-newsreaders" status="review">

                        <title>News Readers</title>

                        <para>You can automatically receive news updates from the Internet. There are several different types of news service to choose from:</para>

                        <itemizedlist>

                                <listitem>

                                        <para><emphasis>Usenet</emphasis> is one of the oldest and allows you to discuss news and other topics with people from all around the world. <application>Pan Newsreader</application> is a news reader which works with Usenet.</para>

                                        <para><ulink url="apt:pan">Install the <application>pan</application> package</ulink> and then choose &pan; to start using <application>Pan</application>.

                                        </para>

                                </listitem>

                                <listitem>

                                        <para><emphasis>RSS feeds</emphasis> are a popular way of automatically receiving regular news updates and articles. <application>Liferea Feed Reader</application> is an RSS feed reader with many useful features.</para>

                                        <para><ulink url="apt:liferea">Install the <application>liferea</application> package</ulink> and then choose &liferea; to start using <application>Liferea</application>.</para>

                                </listitem>

                        </itemizedlist>

                

                        <sect3 id="internet-other-apps-newreaders-liferea-create-feeds" status="review">

                                <title>Create News Feeds with Liferea</title>

                                <para>This section will cover a basic procedure to add news feeds to <application>Liferea</application>. Start <application>Liferea</application> by selecting &liferea;</para>

                                        

                                        <procedure>

                                                <step><para>If you're behind a proxy, select <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Tools</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Proxy</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and fill in your proxy details and click on the <guibutton>Close</guibutton> button,</para></step>

                                                <step><para>Press <guibutton>New Subscription</guibutton> on the Liferea toolbar,</para></step>

                                                <step><para>Press the <guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> button,</para></step>

                                                <step><para>Enter the address of the RSS feed in the <guilabel>Source</guilabel> box,</para></step>             

                                                <step><para>Select the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button to complete the procedure.</para></step>

                                                <step><para>Once you have create the news feed, click on the <guibutton>Update All</guibutton> toolbar button to update all your news feeds.</para></step>

                                        </procedure>

                        </sect3>

                </sect2>

        </sect1>

 

        <sect1 id="web-design" status="review">

                <title>Design web pages</title>

                <para>Ubuntu includes a wide selection of tools to help you design and develop web pages.</para>

                <itemizedlist>

                        <listitem>

                                <para><emphasis role='strong'><application>Bluefish</application></emphasis> is a powerful editor for web designers and programmers.</para>

                                <para><application>Bluefish</application> supports many programming and markup languages, and includes many utilities for designers and programmers.</para>

                                <itemizedlist>

                                        <listitem><para>For more information, see the <ulink url="http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/">Bluefish website</ulink>.</para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para><ulink url="apt:bluefish">Install the <application>bluefish</application> package</ulink>.</para></listitem>

                                        <listitem><para>To start Bluefish, press &bluefish;.</para></listitem>

                                </itemizedlist>

                        </listitem>

                </itemizedlist>

        </sect1>

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