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Presentation 4/16/18
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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