The Firefox version that came with my version of Ubuntu 11.04 was Firefox v 4.0
I rechecked HELP and manage to figure it out. I was supposed to drag the current
page [of the site I wanted as home] to the home page button not the space next
to it. The writer of the HELP message kept talking about how EZ it was to do,
but s)he ddn't figure on the fact that new Linux users may be more familiar with
IE. :-) It is easier to do this there.

Thanks for the reply. I could not determine the order of you reply because I
can't tell whether the list is FIFO or FILO.