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So… after reading Chapter 2 – Browsing the Web in the
class text, I come away realizing how little I really understood as far as even
the most basic workings of a simple web browser. While as a rule, I don’t use
Internet Explorer; I do have occasion to use it at certain times; mainly if I am
using my net book while at my store, or if I am using my work computer at my
office. At home, we mostly use
Firefox, mainly because it seems to run more efficiently out here in the
back-of-beyond where I live and is the majority favorite in my family.
I’m probably the only uber-dork who actually followed along
with the book and went through all the practice exercises. For a visual learner
like me, the process of going through all of the steps, simultaneously reading
and doing, is actually quite helpful, although I’m feeling even more
amateur-ish than usual now that I know what many of those little icons actually
represent! Prior, they were just a bunch of scary things that I was afraid to
click on lest I (1) launch myself into some great abyss in the internet ether, never to
find my way back to where I started, or (2) blow up the darned computer. How
happy am I to learn that neither of those things was going to happen??
I am shaking my head over how much time I can save myself
now that I know about some of those handy-dandy browser shortcuts. While I did
use the Favorites and History options quite regularly, I now know about Web Slices and Accelerators! Those were buttons I would previously never touch, for
the reasons mentioned above! The RSS Reader is a tool that I would see on sites
as I surfed, but again…never willing to go there. If I am going to be spending
time in the blogging world, I think that particular tool will be extremely
helpful!
Because I am a self-proclaimed privacy-lover, and because I
recently had my personal e-mail address hijacked (and for the record, I was NOT peddling an ED pill to everyone in my e-mail address book),
the section on the various risks and safeguards while using the Web was helpful
to me. I think I will definitely do as the textbook recommends and make a point
of deleting and restricting acceptance of cookies, as well as check out the
opt-out features of more web sites. Anyone besides me like to keep their "biz-ness" as private as possible?
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