Working with a Web Browser

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Working with a Web Browser

• An Introduction to Internet Explorer
• and Netscape

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Terminology

• Internet A collection of computer networks.
• World Wide Web A collection of electronic
  documents linked together on the Internet. The
  pages making up these documents are called web
  pages.
• Web Browser A computer program used to view and
  read a web page. Netscape Navigator and
  Internet Explorer are examples of web browsers.

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Web Tutorial
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Terminology ...

• Home Page The first page at a web site.
• URL (Universal Resource Locator) The address of
  a web page consisting of its protocol, domain
  and path. For example, http//www.parnasse.com
  /net.in.arcadia.html

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Virtual Florist home page
URL
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Terminology

• hyperlink Special text or graphical image
  linking the user to another web page when
  clicked with a mouse.
• datagram A unit of information sent from one
  computer to another.
• router Special computer that passes a datagram
  from one computer network to another.

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hyperlink
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Terminology ...

• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) A language used
  to construct web pages.
• markup tag Special characters that produce
  effects when interpreted by a web browser.

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Some Cool Web Sites

• http//www.weather.com
• http//www.meat.com/textures
• http//www.usair.com
• http//www.monster.com
• http//www.virtualflorist.com
• http//www.enews.com
• http//www.time.com
• http//www.moma.org
• http//www.internet-mall.com
• http//www.aol.com
• http//godzilla.EECS.Berkeley.edu/recipes

• Weather channel
• Backgrounds for web pages
• USAirs home page
• College Fair for grads
• Send virtual flowers for free
• Electronic newsstand
• Time Magazine
• Museum of Modern Art
• Internet Mall
• America Online
• Cooking recipes

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Web Browser Window

• Title bar
• Menu bar
• Toolbar
• URL address window
• Active link indicator
• Progress indicator bar
• Status indicator
• Security settings (Internet Zone)

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title bar
menu bar
toolbar
URL window
Directory buttons
Status indicator
Active link indicator
Progress indicator
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type the url, then press ENTER
use the scrollbars to see the page
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Internet Explorers Toolbar

• Stop Stop loading the web page.
• Refresh Reload a web page.
• Print Print the web page.
• Back, Forward Move back (forward) to the
  previous (next) web page.
• Search Use a search engine.
• Home Display your home page.
• History Lists the sites you have visited in the
  recent past.
• Favorites List of your favorite web sites.

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too late to stop loading this page
reload this web page
move back to the previous web page
search for a keyword(s) on this web page
print this web page
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Internet Explorers Menu Bar

• File Open a web site, save a web page, print a
  web page,
• Edit Copy and paste functions
• View See how a web page is constructed with HTML
• Go Navigate to other web sites
• Favorites Access your favorite web sites
• Help Get help about Netscape

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save your favorite web sites
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view the source of this web page
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html document for Pitts home page
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history list of visited web sites during
a Netscape session
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open a new site or open a new window
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two windows
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editing operations
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Other Search Engines
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type keyword here
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search for star trek
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best web sites
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Downloading Graphical Images
click on graphical image, press the right mouse
button, choose Save Picture as...
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Web Protocols

• file
• ftp
• gopher
• http
• mailto
• news
• telnet

• read a file from disk
• connect to a ftp site
• connect to a gopher server
• visit a web page
• start a mail program
• open a news reader
• connect to a remote computer