Applied Informatics

Course 09

The Internet – than Facebook, 9GAG and Candy Crush!

assist. eng. Jánó Rajmond, PhD

rajmond.jano@ael.utcluj.ro

Online resources

Choosing a web browser

Is it really that bad?

Choosing a web browser

Let’s start a war!

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Choosing a web browser

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Choosing a web browser

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12.00 seconds

8.06 seconds

9.58 seconds

Total

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Browser Acid 1 Acid 2 Acid 3

Internet Explorer Yes Yes 100/100

Mozilla Firefox Yes Yes 100/100

Google Chrome Yes Yes 100/100

Acid Tests

It’s a tie!

Choosing a web browser

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Safety tests

https://www.nsslabs.com/system/files/public-report/files/Browser%20Security%20Comparative%20Analysis%20-%20Socially%20Engineered%20Malware.pdf

Choosing a web browser

• Score is too close to call• Browser choices are made

taking into consideration:– Personal preferences– Interface user friendliness– Extension possibility– “Flock effect”

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Blocks:• Text adds• Image adds• Youtube video adds

Available for all three browsers!

Recommended Extension - Adblock Plus

Cloud storage

How does it work?

Encrypted and redundant content database

Cloud storage

Why use it?• Redundancy – prevents data loss • Accessibility – access to data online/offline

on almost any device• Collaborative capability – share and edit

data in collaboration with multiple parties simultaneously

• Online editing – offered by some service providers

Cloud storage

• Free storage: 15GB

• Sync: PC, tablet, phone

• WebApps: Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, OneNote,

Survey, Plain Text

• Free storage: 15GB

• Sync: PC, tablet, phone

• WebApps: Google Docs,

Sheets, Slide, Forms,

Drawings

• Create a Microsoft OneDrive Account (if you do not have one)

• One of you (from each desk) create a new PowerPoint presentation entitled “My home town”

• Share it with your colleague• Each of you insert 2 slides describing your home town

(general information, attractions, etc.) • The presentation should contain 4 slides, 2 slides

each about each student’s home town (in order)• Share your presentation with the students in front of

you

Cloud storageOnline editing and collaborating

50 mins.

• Create a Google Drive Account (if you do not have one)

• Create a new Form entitled “Customer satisfaction”

• Replicate the form from the next slide

• Questions marked with an asterisk (*) are

compulsory, unmarked questions are optional

Cloud storageCreating surveys and collecting results

30 mins.

Cloud storageCreating surveys and collecting results

30 mins.

• Send to form to your colleague for completion

• Complete the form you just received with random

answers and submit your responses. Tell your

colleague when you are done.

• Once your colleague is done, mark the form as not

accepting responses and review the results

Cloud storageCreating surveys and collecting results

30 mins.

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