Web_Intro

 **__ Basics __** This attachment will take us through the Web Basics. We will quickly go through it together in class. [|Intro+to+the+Web.pdf]

For a variety of reasons, Microsoft no longer supports Internet Explorer for the Mac. It is particularly important to know the features of various other browsers if one is in a Mac environment. Mainstream Browsers Special Features Browsers Less Well Known Browsers
 * __ Browsers __**For many people, the Web means Internet Explorer - Microsoft's web browser. The Intro compares Internet Explorer with Mozilla Firefox, the leading non-Microsoft browser. There are several other browsers, however. Most of the additional browsers are available, and function virtually identically, on Windows or Macs.
 * Internet Explorer (Windows only) Built into Windows OS
 * Mozilla Firefox - First cross platform browser that survived (after Netscape was purchased by AOL)
 * Google Chrome - Recent cross platform browser developed, built for speed and stability, and with Google name behind it
 * Apple Safari - Comes with Mac OS and available for Windows (now, but not initially)
 * Sea Monkey - Remnant of the Netscape web "suite"
 * Flock - Social networking
 * Opera - Offered speed and stability, but wanted people to pay for it.
 * Camino (Mac only?)
 * Shiira (Mac only?)
 * Sunrise (Mac only?)


 * __ Performance Record __** Your email should discuss a detail or two about at least a couple of browsers you have not used before. I would expect that nearly everyone has used Internet Explorer and most have used Mozilla Firefox. If you have not used Google Chrome or Apple Safari, I would expect you to take a look at one or the other, if not both. Sea Monkey and Flock will be easy to find distinctives. Among the lesser known browsers, Opera and Camino have been around for while with Opera finding only moderate success. Shiira and Sunrise are fairly new. At your option, you certainly are free to comment on anything we discuss in the basics that you found new or interesting.