This address allows you to find the site again, should you forget to bookmark it.
It's here that you'll see an individual site's address displayed. While surfing the Web, you'll notice that there is an address or location box at the top of your browser. The Uniform Resource Locator or URL is the "address" of a computer connected to the Internet.
The following are external links and will open in pop-up windows: In either of these browsers, if you want to save a Web site that you find useful and want to return to, try using the Favorites (MS Internet Explorer) or Bookmarks (Netscape) function found on the menu bars at the top of the browser screen. There are some Internet users who are fiercely loyal to Netscape and there are sites on the Web that are best viewed using Netscape. Netscape was one of the first commercial browsers on the scene and dominated the browser market until Microsoft got serious about Internet Explorer.
TEXT BASED WEB BROWSERS WINDOWS
Competitors complained that Microsoft tries to lock them out of the market by making IE the only Web browser effectively usable by the Windows system. Microsoft has met with a good deal of criticism in recent years concerning Internet Explorer because of its alleged intent to make IE an integral and necessary element of the Windows operating system. Internet Explorer holds the lion's share of the browser usage today, but it came into the game later than its main competitor. Web pages may look different when accessed by different browsers. Because some Web pages are created for specific browsers, it can be important which browser you use. Both claim to be better and faster than the other, but the choice of which one to use usually becomes a personal one. There are many types of Web browsers available, but the most widely used are MS Internet Explorer and Netscape. Most browsers now are graphical browsers that can be used to view text, graphics, and other multimedia information. There are text or terminal-based browsers (such as Lynx) that allow you to view only the text of a file on the Web. « previous of 10 next » Browsers and Navigation Your transports around the World Wide WebĪ browser is an application you use to view files on the World Wide Web. Home » Tips for Using the Internet » Browsers and Navigation
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