The Web Navigator - Softcover

Gilster, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 047116495X ISBN 13: 9780471164951

Publisher: Wiley, 1997

Synopsis

It's an Internet jungle out there.

Now more than ever, you need Paul Gilster, world-renowned Internet expert and author of the bestselling The New Internet Navigator, to give you the background, software know-how, and techniques you'll need to confidently and skillfully navigate the Web. You'll learn how to customize the immense power of the Web to meet your own specific needs and goals. Gilster shows you:

• How to log on and navigate like an expert
• How to customize browsers
• Where to find audio and video plug-ins, add-ons, and helper programs
• How to most effectively use breakthrough Web technologies.

In The Web Navigator, Gilster keeps you right on top of all of the recent changes in the Web, tells you what's out there right now and what's coming in the future. You'll get samples of various Internet sites and candid discussions of providers. You'll receive proven strategies for finding and managing information. You'll find up-to-the-minute instructions on:

• Accessing and searching with Netscape Navigator
• Publishing and self-publishing on the Web
• Electronic commerce and security.

Paul Gilster also shares his special insight into what emerging new media technologies such as Java, ActiveX, Shockwave, VRML, RealAudio, and many more can mean to you.

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Praise for Paul Gilster and The New Internet Navigator...

"Paul Gilster gives the tree of knowledge a good shake....Anyone who wants a tutorial that will also serve as an ongoing reference won't do better than The New Internet Navigator." — Major Keary rec.arts.books.reviews.

"The nontechnical nature of The New Internet Navigator has something to offer to all levels of readers....This may be the only Internet guide you'll ever need." — infoZine

"The 'best of the best'! Very highly recommended." —Online Newsletter

"Gilster's tome could appropriately be called, 'The Internet Encyclopedia.' This book is highly recommended for those who are interested in the meat and bones of the Internet." —Boardwatch Magazine.

"[A] comprehensive guide to navigating the Net..." —Computerworld

About this title

From the Publisher:

Paul Gilster, author of the bestselling The Internet NavigatorTM, now brings you the definitive guide to the next-generation Internet. The new Internet is dominated by a few large Internet access companies, exciting but changeable Web technologies, and cutting-edge multimedia tools. Only Paul Gilster can teach Internet newcomers both the hands-on software techniques and the principles of finding, evaluating and understanding the information sought in the vast and often turbulent Internet. Featuring special sections on personal Internet security, Web publishing, and electronic commerce. The Web Navigator is the one book every new Internet user needs to have.

About the Author:

PAUL GILSTER is a recognized Internet authority sought around the world for his expertise. His recent books include the bestselling The New Internet Navigator and Finding It on the Internet, Second Edition, both published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 047116495X
• ISBN 13: 9780471164951
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 490