The Web Navigator
Paul Gilster(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 25. March 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
508 pages
978-0-471-16495-1 (ISBN)
Description
How can a newcomer to the technology become a confident and skilled user of the Internet? This book, an introduction to 1997 Web technology, software and features, is designed to reflect the shape and feel of the Web. It shows access methods, multimedia technologies and evolving topics, including commerce on the Web. The book aims to provide access to important skills and technologies, and demonstrates strategies for finding, assessing and managing information. It shows how to access the entire Internet with the browsers, the Web technology (Java, Shockwave, VRML, RealAudio), commerce and security, and it demonstrates step-by-step publishing on the Web.
More details
Edition
4th ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
- 23,5 × 19 cm
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 235 mm
Weight
880 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-16495-1 (9780471164951)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
The World through the Web; The Web Defined: History, Terminology, and Potential; Logging On to the Web; Inside the Browser; Plug-Ins, Add-Ons, and Helper Programs; The Uses of Electronic Mail; Interpreting the Net: Newsgroups, Telnet, and Gopher through the Browser; Breakthrough Web Technologies; Searching the Internet; Publishing on the Web; Commerce, Security, and Privacy; Appendix; Index.