YOURBROWSER
A Guide To Everything you need to know about your computer and your internet browser.
What is the internet? What is a browser? What benefits and choice is there to suit your internet needs?
Your Browser
WWW
A Bridge Your browser is the bridge betweenyour computer and the internet.
This is where you type in your websiteaddress. Start with www.
Click the Back and Forward arrows to navigate through previously viewed websites, or refresh thecurrent page
All your favourite websites can be saved in the Bookmarks Bar.
URL/Website
Navigation
Bookmarks Bar
PerformanceSpeed
Social Networking
SecurityThe speed at which your websites load,media downloads, and videos play
Quality of online instant messagingand social networking
How quick and simple it is towrite, send and read e-mails
Level of security for online shopping,
and protection from viruses
KeyHome
History
Favourites
Tabs
Downloads
Extras
Scroll
Search BarQuickly search the internet by typingin anything that you want to find
Large websites can be navigated easily by scrolling up and down the page
CHROME
Chrome is a relevantly new browserdeveloped by Google. Chrome has aminimal and simple interface, which helpsto improve speed, and offers many securityfeatures. Chrome also offers Incognitobrowsing, to keep your history secret, and apage to show your most visited websites.
Information
Chrome uses the URL bar for history search, enabling you to search everything at once
One click of the favourites star icon will bookmark your page in to customisable folders
Choose your own homepage, which will open every time you load up the browser
History
Home
Favourites
When you open a new tab, thesites you visit most often arepresented in thumbnail previews
When you open a new tab, the sites you visit most often are presented in thumbnail previews
Chrome shows download info within the browser window, showing download progress
Tabbed Browsing
Downloads
Extras
Performance
FIREFOX
Firefox is a free and open source web browser managed by Mozilla Corporation.Latest Firefox features include tabbed browsing, spell checking as you type, one click bookmarking, a download manager and private browsing, to hide your history as you browse.
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Type in a term in to the location bar and autocomplete function matches your visited sites
Just one click on the star icon at the end of the location bar bookmarks a site
Easily access your chosen homepage with one click of the Home icon on the toolbar
History
Home
Favourites
Simply arrange the order of your tabs by dragging them in one swift move of your mouse
Choose from 5000 free extras to make your browser look and function the way you want
The manager shows your download progress and lets you search your files by name
Tabbed Browsing
Downloads
Extras
Performance
INTERNET EXPLORER
Internet Explorer by Microsoft, is the default browser for Windows operating system, and is only available on PC, not Mac. It is the longest running browser still available, with a recent update impoving speed, and adding features present in other browsers, like tabs and cutomisable appearance.
Information
Organise your history by name, most visited or date, to ease history searching
One click the favourites button to add the page you’re browsing to the Links Bar
Customisable start up page that automatically displays when you first open Internet Explorer
History
Home
Favourites
Internet Explorer introduces TabGroups, colour coding tabs thathave related content
Internet Explorer’s Web Slicefeature enables you to see whenyour favourite pages are updated
Each download is checked by internet explorer to see if it is safe or contains any viruses
Tabbed Browsing
Downloads
Extras
Performance
SAFARI
Safari is a web browser developed by Apple. First released in 2003, it became the default browser for Mac, as well as other Apple browsing products, like the iPhone. Now also available on Windows (for PC), Safari has lots of security features and visual interfaces, similar to those of Apple’s iTunes.
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Similar to the look of iTunes, in Safari’s History View you can search previously visited sites
Drag and drop or one-click pages in to folders of custom bookmarks to keep organised
Safari tracks the sites you visit and ranks your favourites as thumbnails on a new open page
History
Home
Favourites
Rearrange tabs by dragging them left or right, or drag a tab out a window for a new window
Cover Flow presents full-page previews of websites from your history and bookmarked pages
Use the download manager window to view progress of your downloads
Tabbed Browsing
Downloads
Extras
Performance
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For further information and to download your chosen browser,visit the following website:
www.yourbrowser.co.uk
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