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Web Browsers: How Do You Surf the Internet?

What are Web browsers?

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• tools people use in order to access, view

or upload the content on the Internet.

• an image, video, text or a combination of

different categories.

• content is stored in form of code

• use web browser to interpret the code

– to view it in form of a web page

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Web address

• navigate the web via web addresses or

URL (Uniform Resource Locator).

• typed into an address bar it locates the

website

• Example of a website:

https://skokielibrary.info/

• Example of a specific page (“Events”):

https://skokielibrary.info/events

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Hyperlink

• use hyperlinks

(aka links) to

access related

web pages

online

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Browser elements

Navigation

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Tabbed browsing

Printing

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Printing in Chrome browser

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Printing in Firefox

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Printing in Edge

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Printing in Vivaldi1

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• CTRL + P

• Use carefully – sometimes no print preview

Printing Shortcut

Privacy

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Privacy: Chrome browser

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Privacy: Firefox browser

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Privacy: Vivaldi browser

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Add-ons/Plugins

Chrome Add-ons1

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Firefox Add-ons

• Local bookmarks

• Bookmarks manager

• Bookmarks bar

Bookmarks

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• getPocket.com

• Evernote.com

• Bit.ly

Add-ons

• Compacted view

– Mobile friendly

• Web pages built for mobile

Mobile/Smartphone

browsing experience

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• (Google) Chrome

• (Mozilla) Firefox

• (Microsoft) Edge (formerly Internet Explorer)

Browsers covered

• Safari

• Opera

• SeaMonkey

• Vivaldi

• Brave

• Maxthon

• Yandex

Other browsers

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� www.gcflearnfree.org/internetbasics/using-a-web-browser

� www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-browser-446234

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