Navigating

Your browser is the key to navigation of the World Wide Web. It determines how you move, what Web pages look like, and what advanced features will be available. Below you'll find introductions to the most popular Web browsers as well as comparative reviews and a general introduction for those who find it helpful to have the "big picture" of how the Web works. For help navigating the Just In Time Training site, check out Quick Start!.

General Introduction

Larry Magid's Concise Guide to the Internet

A non-technical introduction to the Web including a link to Learn the Net, a tutorial complete with exercises suitable for teachers or students.
http://www.larrysworld.com/primer.htm

The Roads and Crossroads of Internet History

If you've ever wondered how and why the Internet came about, or even if you haven't, read this nine-page essay for an overview of the milestones in Internet history, beginning with the first Atlantic cable in 1858. By Gregory R. Gromov.
http://www.netvalley.com/intval1.html

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Netscape

Netscape Communicator 4.5 Tutorial

Netscape's online tutorial covers browser basics, e-mail, newsgroups, and how to build Web pages. You might also want to check out Using Netscape Browsers for more tips, an online Netscape manual, Internet glossary, and other helpful items.
http://home.netscape.com/browsers/using/newusers/index.html

Netscape

A step-by-step guide to using Netscape 3.0, including pictures of the Netscape screen.
Windows 95: http://www.open.k12.or.us/jitt/web/maninter.htm#netscape
Macintosh: http://www.open.k12.or.us/jitt/web/macinter.htm#netscape

The Netscape Window

Go straight to Netscape's online manual that explains the navigation aids you see in the Netscape 3.0 window.
http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/handbook/docs/graphics.html#C1

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Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer

Microsoft's Internet Explorer Features page introduces new features in the latest version of IE and how these features work.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/Ie/Features/default.asp

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Lynx
Lynx is more complicated than graphical browsers, but it provides fast access to information on the World Wide Web. It is located on a server and started by typing "lynx" (without the quotation marks) on the command line. If you pay for connect time, do not have a graphical connection to the Web, or have a monochrome monitor, Lynx may well be worth exploring.

Navigating Hypertext Documents with Lynx

This segment of the Lynx Users Guide discusses the navigation features in Lynx, including many advanced features.
http://lynx.isc.org/release/lynx2-8-3/lynx_help/Lynx_users_guide.html#IntraDocNav

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Browser Comparisons
Browser comparisons are somewhat technical, evaluating features beginners may not even know they need. This page has the best end-user focus we've found.

Browser Death Match

CNET reviews the latest versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer, and compares three alternative browsers--iCab, Opera, and NeoPlanet--as well.
http://www.cnet.com/software/0-3227883-8-7614087-1.html?tag=st.is.3773.bhed.3227883-8-7614087-1

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