A Web Browser is a software application that locates
and displays Web pages. In our Surfin' the Internet
class, we
used Internet Explorer as the browser. Most public
libraries in
the SELCO region have Internet Explorer as their
default
browser. That means when you click on the Internet on a
library computer, you will use Explorer to surf the Internet.
To get around-or navigate-the Internet, you use the
features
on the
Explorer toolbars.
If you want to learn more, Montgomery College has an
excellent Guide to Using Internet Explorer.
The official Internet Explorer Web site has many
articles on
using and customizing Explorer.
There are other Web browsers including Firefox
and
Netscape
Navigator. All browsers work basically the same.
Where they differ is in the appearance of the toolbars
and the
terms they use to describe the functions. For
example, some
browsers call the list of Web sites you mark
Favorites; in
others they are called Bookmarks. Whatever it's called, this
is a list
of the Web sites you have marked as those you want
to return
to easily.
