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Getting to Know the Internet Pauline Haass Public Library |
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Getting to Know the Internet Pauline Haass Public Library |
Navigating the World Wide Web
Getting into the World Wide Web and navigating around it requires the use of "browser"
software. There are currently two popular "web browsers", Netscape and
MicroSoft Internet Explorer (MSIE). Both of these software products have gone through
several revisions. Users can easily find 3 different versions of each in common use.
This makes for some confusion. Luckily even though all these versions can at first
glance appear different, in fact they all pretty much work alike.
In Addresses we talked about entering a URL address into a browser to go to a specific
location. Let's look at navigating now. Browsers got their name for a reason. They
are designed to make it easy for you to "browse" both a web page and any
pages that it's linked to. You can recognize a link usually by its blue
color and an underline.
If it's a graphic then there will often be a blue line box around
the little picture.
Like any rule there are lots of exceptions. In fact links can be any color and graphics can have no indication what so ever that they are a link except for when you "click" on them you go someplace else (surprise). Try the Pauline Haass Public Library and WILS logos at the top of this page for proof.
There are two common formats for presenting links on a page. The first is a menu format such as this:
The other is to include the links as part of the regular text. You would notice first Link Number 1 and then later on you might see Link Number 2. That would be followed at some point by Link Number 3 and finally when the author is ready to wrap it all up then you'd find Link Number 4.
You can browse and browse and browse to your heart's content this way, hopefully going to more and more locations that you find interesting. When you want to go back to the immediately previous page you can click on the Back button.
When you'd like to go back to a more previous page you can open the Go menu and select from any of your previously visited pages. Remember to place the arrow on the word Go in the Menu Bar and click.
Finally you can return to the home page (in this case the Pauline Haass Public Library page) by clicking on the Home button.
