WEB BROWSERS CLASS 6 TERM 3 REVISION NOTES

EXAMPLES OF WEB BROWSERS

1. WEB BROWSERS

2. A web browser is a computer application used to view web pages on the internet. It helps to locate, retrieve and display content on the World Wide Web (WWW) . Web pages are written in different languages. Some of these languages are HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Personal Home Page (PHP), JavaScript etc. The web browser helps to interpret these languages to human language. Note that the web browser does not give internet access but only helps to view web pages when connected to the internet.

3. EXAMPLES OF WEB BROWSERS MICROSOFT EDGE GOOGLE CHROME MOZILLA FIREFOX OPERA BROWSER

4. EXAMPLES OF WEB BROWSERS INTERNET EXPLORER GOOGLE CHROMIUM SAFARI CAMINO

5. EXAMPLES OF WEB BROWSERS MAXTHON NETSCAPE WATERFOX AURORA

6. PARTS OF A WEB BROWSER

7. PARTS OF A WEB BROWSER

8. PARTS OF A WEB BROWSER 1. Program logo: It is a unique picture used to identify a program on the computer. It is usually displayed as an icon. 2. Title bar: It is a horizontal bar located at the top of a window that displays the program logo, program name, document / file name and control box. It also displays the context menu when you right - click on it. The context menu is a pop - up menu that provides the user with additional ways of managing the window without using the control box.

9. 3. Address bar: It is the space below the title bar that displays the location of a web page. It also allows the user to type any website they want to visit. 4. Search box: It is the area that allows the user to find information from various websites within the browser. It uses search engines to locate information on the World Wide Web (WWW) based on the search criteria. 5. Control box: It is a group of commands used to manage the window eg. Minimize, Maximize / Restore and Close. Minimize reduces the window to a tab on the taskbar, Maximize increases the window to fill the desktop screen, Restore brings the window back to its original size and Close exits a window.

10. 6. Help: It is a button used to provide the user with information on how to use the application effectively. It includes steps and tutorials on how to perform a particular action. 7. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed: is a type of web feed that allows users and applications to receive regular updates from a website or blog of their choice. 8. Home: This button sends the user to the start-up or default web page of the browser. 9. Back: It sends the user the previous page. 10. Forward: It sends the user to an earlier page he / she opened.

11. 11. Menu bar: It is a group of dropdown menus which contain commands used to perform specific actions in a window. Eg. File, Edit, View etc. 12. Bookmarks / Favourites: It is a button used to record web pages visited by the user to enable easy access in the future. 13. Tab: It is an area within a window that displays a separate page. The user can create a new tab, switch between tabs and view all opened tabs using the quick tabs button. 14. Status bar: It is the horizontal area below the browser that displays information about the current web page.