To access the World Wide Web, you must use a Web browser. A browser is a software program that allows users to access and navigate the World Wide Web.
There are two types of browsers:
1. Graphical: Text, images, audio, and video are retrievable through a graphical software program such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Opera.
These browsers are available for Windows, Apple, Linux and other operating systems.
Navigation is accomplished by pointing and clicking with a mouse on highlighted words and graphics.
You can install a graphical browser on your computer.
For example, Internet Explorer is a part of the Windows operating system, and is also available on the Microsoft site: http://www.microsoft.com/.
Firefox is available for downloading from http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ and Safari is available from http://www.apple.com/safari/.
2. Text: Lynx is a browser that provides access to the Web in text-only mode. Navigation is accomplished by highlighting emphasized words in the screen with the arrow up and down keys, and then pressing the forward arrow (or Enter) key to follow the link.
In these days of graphical browsers, it may be hard to believe that Lynx was once very popular.
When the browser encounters a sound, image or video file, it hands off the data to other programs, called plug-ins, to run or display the file.
Working in conjunction with plug-ins, browsers can offer a seamless multimedia experience.
Many plug-ins are available for free.
File formats requiring plug-ins are known as MIME types.
MIME stands for Multimedia Internet Mail Extension, and was originally developed to help e-mail software handle a variety of binary (non-ASCII) file attachments.
The use of MIME has expanded to the Web.
For example, the basic MIME type handled by Web browsers is text/html associated with the file extention .html.
A common plug-in utilized on the Web is the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The Acrobat Reader allows you to view documents created in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). These documents are the MIME type "application/pdf" and are associated with the file extension .pdf. When the Acrobat Reader has been downloaded to your computer, the program will open and display the file requested when you click on a hyperlinked file name with the suffix .pdf.
The latest versions of the Acrobat Reader allow for the viewing of documents within the browser window. Web browsers are often standardized with a small suite of plug-ins, especially for playing multimedia content.
Additional plug-ins may be obtained at the browser's Website, at special download sites on the Web, or from the Web sites of the companies that created the programs. Once a plug-in is configured to your browser, it will automatically launch when you choose to access a file type that it uses.
ActiveX offers the opportunity to embed animated objects, data, and computer code on Web pages.
A Web browser supporting ActiveX can render most items encountered on a Web page.
As just one example, Active X allows you to view and edit PowerPoint presentations directly within your Web browser. ActiveX works best with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Have a nice day.
There are two types of browsers:
1. Graphical: Text, images, audio, and video are retrievable through a graphical software program such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Opera.
Navigation is accomplished by pointing and clicking with a mouse on highlighted words and graphics.
You can install a graphical browser on your computer.
For example, Internet Explorer is a part of the Windows operating system, and is also available on the Microsoft site: http://www.microsoft.com/.
Firefox is available for downloading from http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ and Safari is available from http://www.apple.com/safari/.
2. Text: Lynx is a browser that provides access to the Web in text-only mode. Navigation is accomplished by highlighting emphasized words in the screen with the arrow up and down keys, and then pressing the forward arrow (or Enter) key to follow the link.
In these days of graphical browsers, it may be hard to believe that Lynx was once very popular.
Extending the Browser: Plug-Ins
Software programs may be configured to a Web browser in order to enhance its capabilities.When the browser encounters a sound, image or video file, it hands off the data to other programs, called plug-ins, to run or display the file.
Working in conjunction with plug-ins, browsers can offer a seamless multimedia experience.
Many plug-ins are available for free.
File formats requiring plug-ins are known as MIME types.
MIME stands for Multimedia Internet Mail Extension, and was originally developed to help e-mail software handle a variety of binary (non-ASCII) file attachments.
The use of MIME has expanded to the Web.
For example, the basic MIME type handled by Web browsers is text/html associated with the file extention .html.
A common plug-in utilized on the Web is the Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The Acrobat Reader allows you to view documents created in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). These documents are the MIME type "application/pdf" and are associated with the file extension .pdf. When the Acrobat Reader has been downloaded to your computer, the program will open and display the file requested when you click on a hyperlinked file name with the suffix .pdf.
The latest versions of the Acrobat Reader allow for the viewing of documents within the browser window. Web browsers are often standardized with a small suite of plug-ins, especially for playing multimedia content.
Additional plug-ins may be obtained at the browser's Website, at special download sites on the Web, or from the Web sites of the companies that created the programs. Once a plug-in is configured to your browser, it will automatically launch when you choose to access a file type that it uses.
Beyond Plug-Ins: Active X
ActiveX is a technology developed by Microsoft which make plug-ins less necessary.ActiveX offers the opportunity to embed animated objects, data, and computer code on Web pages.
A Web browser supporting ActiveX can render most items encountered on a Web page.
As just one example, Active X allows you to view and edit PowerPoint presentations directly within your Web browser. ActiveX works best with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Have a nice day.
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