Lesson 2 Web Study Distance Learning on the World Wide Web
Internet Navigator Version 4+ 

Links

Links are the most unique and distinguishing feature of the Web. By clicking on a link, you jump to another page, either at the same web site or a completely different web site. One click can take you to another part of the page or across the world. Links can also be used to write email or go to Gopher and FTP sites (don't worry we will cover that later this Lesson).

When you click on a link it will change color to show that you have previously clicked on that link. This will show you if you have already been to that place. Link colors may very from place to place so don't be confused if different sites have different colored links.

Initially, this may be confusing. The best way to check to see if is a link is to touch the suspected link with your cursor, if the cursor changes from an arrow to a finger pointer, then it is a link.


Links can either be text or pictures. Yes, pictures (when clicked on) can take you to another web page.

When you click on this image it will take you to the previous page. This is an example of an image that can be a link.

Click  here to go back to the last page. This is an example of text as a link.


Notice that when you put your mouse or pointer over the image link or text link, the bottom bar of netscape shows you what page you will visit if you click on the link. The bar at the bottom of the screen should look just like the bar below when you place your mouse on top of either of those links.

This bar is called your status bar.



It is possible to open a Link with a New Browser Window. Opening multiple Browsers is especially useful because the user can read the contents of one Browser Window, while the other Browser Window is loading.

This is the same image with the link as above.

Use the right mouse button to "click on" the image above.
This is the window that you will see. Click on Open in New Window which is highlighted.
This will open the last page in a New Browser window.


If you are brand new beginner using the internet. Two browsers might be "twice as confusing". When you get more comfortable with Navigating around the Web, having two (or more) Browsers open will become common place.


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