Lesson 5: Safari Web Browser
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The document discusses the World Wide Web and web browsers. It covers internet components like the WWW, email, VoIP, FTP, and Usenet. It explains how to connect to the internet via broadband or dial-up. It discusses popular browsers like Safari, Firefox, and Chrome and highlights features of Safari like bookmarks, search basics with Google, and autofill forms. It also briefly mentions Firefox.
Lesson 5: Safari Web Browser
- 1. Lesson 5: The World Wide Web (WWW)
- 2. Topics Internet Components Connecting Browsers and Why Safari Setting Safari preferences Building bookmarks collections Search Basics with Google 2
- 3. Internet Components World Wide Web (http://WWW) Email VVoIP (iChat, AIM, Skype) Telnet (old network protocol) FTP (file transport protoco) Usenet (newsgroups) 3
- 4. World Wide Web(www) Access Broadband(Wired/Wireless)---Fast Verizon FIOS (5-20 Mb) Comcast (5-9 Mb) Verizon DSL (700 kb) Dial-up (Modem dials ISP)----Slow E.g.; Udel (40 kb)-Your free ISP 1 Mb = 1000 kb (kilobaud) 4 ppp Tab Service Provider e.g. Earthlink Account name Password Phone Number of ISP Ppp options: Connect automatically
- 5. Best Mac Browsers Safari 5.0 (Apple) Firefox (Mozilla, Open Source) Google Chrome 5
- 6. Why Use Safari? Fastest, Most Mac friendly Integrated with: Address Book, Mail, iCal, Dock, Dashboard Easy to Customize via Prefs: Safari comes as Default Browser Can set any website as Home Page (eg., iGoogle) Can Autofill forms via Address Book Can Block Pop-up Windows 6
- 7. Safari Features Menu Items (File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks) Navigation Icons Toolbar (Home, Reload, Text Size, Autofill forms) Address Bar and Google Search Bar Bookmarks Bar RSS News Reader 7
- 8. Other Safari Features Can: Email Web Page via Mac Mail Save Web Page as web archive Drag Photos or Text to Desktop Make Web Clip Widget Print without Background (Saves ink) Use Private Browsing (Public computers)
- 9. Autofill Forms Safari uses Address Book “My-Card” info Saves time vs. manually typing in Data Click on Edit/Autofill Put all Info into “My Card” Safari can store User Names and Passwords in OS X Keychain 9
- 10. Web Searching Basics Google is Search King Personal Bookmarks are Key Build library of sites Organize into Folders (e.g., Mac, Personal Accounts, Travel, Sports, Books etc) No need for “http://” or “.com” Short cuts (for .coms): e.g., HP, Apple, (but see allmug vs Allmug.org) 10
- 11. Basic Searching With Google Use Multiple Words Refine search based on first results Use Quotes and () to Narrow Search Ford vs “Gerald Ford” vs “President Gerald R Ford” baking soda vs soda baking Use Categories Shopping, images, maps, Videos etc 11
- 12. Firefox Browser Every Mac user should have Firefox as secondary web Browser: Download from: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html Open-source software More Compatible with some web pages Anti-phishing and anti-malware security features More ways to personalize web experience