If you think of the Broadway play version of
"The Lion King," maybe it is time to see a psychologist. However, if
you said, "Internet browsers," you're spot on. That's because the
leading Internet Browsers are:
·
Google Chrome
·
Mozilla Firefox
·
Apple Safari
·
Microsoft Internet
Explorer
·
Microsoft Edge
·
Opera
·
Maxthon
And that order pretty much lines up with how
they're ranked in terms of market share and popularity...today. Browsers come
and go. Ten years ago Netscape Navigator was a well-know browser: Netscape is
long gone today. Another, called Mosaic, is considered the first modern
browser—it was discontinued in 1997.
So, what exactly is a browser?
Definition
A browser, short for web browser, is the
software application (a program) that you're using right now to search for,
reach and explore websites. Whereas Excel® is a program for spreadsheets and
Word® a program for writing documents, a browser is a program for Internet
exploring (which is where that name came from).
Browsers don't get talked about much. A lot of
people simply click on the "icon" on our computers that take us to
the Internet—and that's as far as it goes. And in a way, that's enough. Most of
us simply get in a car and turn the key...we don't know what kind of engine we
have or what features it has...it takes us where we want to go. That's why when
it comes to computers:
·
There are some
computer users that can't name more than one or two browsers
·
Many of them don't
know they can switch to another browser for free
·
There are some who go
to Google's webpage to "google" a topic and think that Google is
their browser.
So for some basic browser education sake,
let's cover a few points:
·
Know
your browser. Look at the very
far-upper-left corner of your screen. You'll see the name of your browser.
·
Get
the latest version. Browsers get
updates and updated regularly, usually because computers and technology change
fast also. You can check what version of your browser you're currently using by
going to whatbrowser.org.
·
Try
a different browser. You can switch
to another browser at any time. It won't affect your computer and it will give
you an idea of how they are different.
·
Read
browser reviews. You can compare
features of the different browsers on websites like
http://internet-browser-review.toptenreviews.com. You'll learn what kind of
features browsers offer and what to look for
HOME PAGES
Website home
page
A home page is generally the main page a visitor navigating to a
website from a web search engine will see, and it may also serve as a landing page to
attract visitors. The home page
is used to facilitate navigation to other pages on the site by providing links
to prioritized and recent articles and pages, and possibly a search box. For example, a news website may
present headlines and first paragraphs of top stories, with links to full
articles, in a dynamic web page that reflects the popularity and
recentness of stories. Meanwhile, other websites utilize the homepage to
attract users to create an account. Once they are logged in, the homepage may
be redirected to their profile page. This may in turn be referred to as the
"personal home page".
A website may have multiple home pages, although most have one. Wikipedia, for example, has a home page at wikipedia.org,
as well as language-specific home pages, such as en.wikipedia.org and
de.wikipedia.org.
Website structure
The majority of websites have a home page with underlying
content pages, although some websites contain only a single page.
The uniform resource
locator (URL) of a
home page is most often the base-level domain name, such as https://wikipedia.org.
Historically it may also be found at http://domain.tld/index.html or
http://domain.tld/default.html, where "tld" refers to the top-level domain used by the website.
If a home page has not been created for a web site, many web servers will
default to display a list of files located in the site's directory, if the
security settings of the directory permit. This
list will include hyperlinks to
the files, allowing for simple file sharing without
maintaining a separate HTML file.
Browser home page
A home page also refers to the first page that appears upon
opening a web browser, sometimes called the start page, although the home
page of a website can be used as a start page. This start page can be a
website, or it can be a page with various browser functions such as the display
of thumbnails of frequently visited websites. Multiple websites can be set as a
start page, to open in different tabs. Some websites are intended to be used as
start pages, such as iGoogle (now
defunct), My Yahoo!, and MSN.com, and provide links to commonly used
services such as webmail and
online weather forecasts.
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