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Netscape Adventures : Step-by-Step Guide to Netscape Navigator and the World Wide Web

Name: Netscape Adventures : Step-by-Step Guide to Netscape Navigator and the World Wide Web
Author: Cynthia B. Leshin
ISBN: 9780132550925

by Cynthia B. Leshin

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Overview

Designed to make the Internet accessible to anyone, this book introduces the basics of using Netscape Navigator 2.0 to get onto the World Wide Web and have a worthwhile and rewarding experience while there. Explains everything the reader needs to get connected to the World Wide Web and to get around with Netscape Navigator. Readers will be able to start exploring the Web in less than fifteen minutes through the use of a step-by-step "travel guide." Offers simple explanations of Internet terms without the use of jargon or techie talk. Covers major topics, including electronic mail, listserv mailing lists, WWB, Gopher, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Telnet, USCnet News Groups, Free-Nets, search engines, and chat rooms. Gives hints and troubleshooting tips to make the readers trip on the Internet more enjoyable. Provides guided tours to show how businesses use the Internet and how to design a Web page. A valuable book for anyone interested in learning to explore and make use of the World Wide Web with Netscape Navigator 2.0.

Synopsis

Designed to make the Internet accessible to anyone, this text introduces the basics of using Netscape Navigator 2.0 to get onto the World Wide Web and have a worthwhile and rewarding experience. It uses a travel analogy to guide readers on a trip through the fictional Webville, uses analogies to make the Internet less intimidating and foreign, uses a step-by-step travel guide to allow the student to start exploring the Web in less than 15 minutes, and provides simple explanations of Internet terms without the use of jargon. It also provides information on topics that include electronic mail (Eudora), listserv mailing lists, WWW, gopher, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Telnet, Usenet Newsgroups, Free-Nets, search engines, and chat rooms. Troubleshooting hints are provided, to make the students' journey through the Internet more enjoyable. Also included are guided tours to show: how to use Eudora for e-mail; how businesses use the Internet; and how to design a Web page.