The WWW Browsers
The FireFox browser
displaying the UW home page.
What Is A Browser?
A browser is a program on your local computer that you use to communicate with information servers on the Internet.
Common Browser Features
- Address or Location window in which you can enter the URL of the page you want to view.
- Refresh or Reload button tells the browser to update the page you are viewing (retrieve a new copy of the original from the server).
- History button lists the locations you have recently visited.
- Favorites or Bookmarks button will add the current page to a list of sites you want to remember.
- View Source lets you view the HTML used to create the page you are viewing.
Many Different Browsers Are Available
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Mozilla FireFox
- Apple Safari
- Opera
- JAWS - Voice browser
- Window-Eyes - Another voice browser