INTERNET BROWSERS

INTERNET BROWSERS

Maricris E. Mayuga

OLCA

Poll

What internet browser do you commonly used?

• Google Chrome

• Mozilla Firefox

• Microsoft Edge

• Opera

• Safari

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What is an internet browser?

Internet Browser

• is a software program created as a simplified means to present and explore content on the World Wide Web gateway to the internet
• gateway to the internet

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What internet browsers do you know?

Components of URL

URL or Uniform Resource Locator, is effectively a unique web address. It represents the “location” of a specific resource on the internet.

Scheme

 identifies the protocol to be used to access the resource on the Internet

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What are the two most common used schemes you'll find in the URL?

Domain

The most prominent part of a web address.

Each segment of the domain name separated by a period is called domain. The domain on the right is called a Top-Level Domain, with the domain to the left of it called the Sub-Domain.

Path

refers to the exact location of a page, post, file, or other asset

resides after the domain name and is separated by “/” (forward slash). The path/file also consists of any asset file extension, such as images (.jpg or .png, etc.), documents (.pdf or .docx), and more

Parameters

are represented in key/value pairs, beginning with a ‘?’ and separated by an ampersand ‘&’

are commonly used for tracking and analytics—as well as encoding specific information for use within websites and applications.

Anchor

Tells the browser to scroll to or load a specific part of the page

Usually begins with a hashtag

Used to direct the browser to a specific part of a very long page

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Why do we need to know the parts of the URL?

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Cite at least three URL's that you commonly used.

Back and Forward Buttons

allow us to move through pages we've recently viewed

Refresh Button

reloads the current page

Tabbed Browsing

allows us to have multiple web pages at the same time, without juggling multiple windows on your desktop

Tab Trick No. 1

If you ever accidentally close a tab, you can right-click your tab bar and use the Reopen Closed Tab or Undo Close Tab option. Your browser will reopen the tab you last closed.

Tab Trick No. 2

To switch between tabs with your keyboard, you can press Ctrl+Tab, which cycles through your open tabs. 

Tab Trick No. 3

To close a tab, middle-click the tab or press the Ctrl-W shortcut. You can also just click the X button on the tab itself.