Introduction to the Browser and the Web
Features of the Web Browser
- Launch a web
browser (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox).
- Review the main
parts of the browser window (example below from Netscape Navigator):
- Links (hyperlinks):
In the main part of the browser window is the web page itself. Most web pages have at least a couple of links on them: these
are locations on the page that will do something when you click there
(e.g. take you to another page, download a file, play movie, submit
a form). If a link is attached to some text you
will usually see it underlined and displayed in a different colour. You can
generally tell if something is a link because the mouse pointer will
change to a pointing hand when it is over a link.
- Click on this web
page: http://canadiangeographic.com/ Notice when you do this that a message flashes in the Status
line showing you that the page is being downloaded from the server to
your computer. If there are pictures
or other non-text elements on the page, these will be downloaded as
well.
 Ready to move on? First, go back
and answer the question at WWW Browsers
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