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1.If you find a web site that you will want to visit again [like this one :)], make a bookmark. If you are not there already, go to the web site that you want to bookmark. Then ... In Netscape Navigator click on the word Bookmarks at the top of the screen and then click on Add Bookmark. That's all there is to it! Whenever you want to return to this web site, again click on Bookmarks and then click on the name of the site on the pulldown menu. In Internet Explorer click on the word Favorites at the top of the screen (Yes, it's there twice. Either one will do.) and then click on Add To Favorites. That's all there is to it! When you want to return to that site, again click on Favorites and then the name of the site in the pulldown menu.
2.Don't download anything from an unknown source. Virus protection software is worth having, should be updated, but can't protect you from everything. If you are downloading from a major public source like Netscape or Realaudio or mIRC or Syntrillium ..., I wouldn't worry about it. (Beware of attachments in e-mail from well meaning friends. Computer viruses are much like real viruses. You can easily catch them from the ones you love.)
3.If you download anything,
be sure to remember where you put it. Write down where you put it and what
you put there. If you hate to write on paper - like me, always put downloads
in the same folder. You can move them around later if you want to keep
them or delete the contents of that folder if you don't.
3¼. On the
other hand, if you unzip a program into a folder, DO NOT unzip another
program into the same folder. I did this myself and had seventy objects
belonging to two different programs. Eventually I wanted to delete one
of the programs, but it was very time consuming to try to sort out the
pieces. Fortunately I still had the original zip file of the program I
wanted. So I deleted everything and unzipped the zip file again. (Perhaps
a verbose tip, but it does lead to a succinct one.)
3½. Hold on
to your zip files (at least for a little while).
4.If you wind up at a web page and you want to go to its home page to find out about related topics, delete the end of its address in the location window, and then press Enter - e.g. - at http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/vegweb/wwwboard/ar/ , you can delete wwwboard/ar/ or delete orgs/vegweb/wwwboard/ar/ .
5.Do not give personal information to strangers - e.g. a phone number can tell anyone your name and address. Check out the reverse phone number search options at isleuth.com. Play around with the other options as well. Find out even more at the The Stalker's Home Page. ( This particular link is a real eye-opener.)
6.Don't let your web browser load up your hard drive with mostly worthless graphics. If you have Netscape Navigator, click on Options at the top of the screen. Click on Network Preferences in the pull down menu. Flip to the Cache folder. Click on the space that says "Clear Memory Cache Now". If you are warned - "This will remove all the files currently in your memory cache. Continue?", click on OK . Next click on "Clear Disk Cache Now". Once again click on OK if warned of repercussions. Finally click on OK to close the Preferences window. If you have Internet Explorer 3.0, click on View then click on Options. Flip to the Advanced folder. Under Temporary Internet Files click on Settings . Then click on the button that says Empty Folder... . If you are asked, "Delete all files in the Temporary Internet Folder?" say "Yes!". Click on OK and then OK again. If you have Internet Explorer 4.0, click on View then click on Internet Options. In General under Temporary Internet Files click on Delete Files. Click on OK until all windows are closed. If you have an older Internet Explorer, CHANGE IT !!!!!!!!!!!
7.There are many search engines and directories available for finding information. If you cannot find what you need from one, try some others. Take the time to read the help or tips file for each one, since each one uses different symbols or words (e.g. - + - * ", AND NEAR NOT , etc.) to narrow your search. If you'd like to search everywhere at the same time, there is a site for you - Dogpile. A direct search link to Dogpile is also available near the bottom of this page. If you think Dogpile searches too many places (Thunderstone, GoTo.com and What-U-Seek are essentially worthless), check out Mamma: Mother of All Search Engines. A direct link to Mamma is also available at the bottom of this page.
8.Personally I use Yahoo! (a directory) for my Netscape Navigator homepage. If a search produces no results, your search is automatically sent to Alta Vista (a search engine) and answered there. If unhappy with the results I use HotBot (a search engine) and InfoSeek (a search engine/directory). ( A directory lists URL's that have been visited by people who maintain the directory. A search engine scans the text of URL's robotically. [A URL is a web address - http://etcetera.]) Direct search links to Yahoo!, HotBot and Infoseek are also available near the bottom of this page.
9.If you try to go to a URL but get an error message or only receive part of the page, hit the Reload (or Refresh) button immediately or try again later on. If you don't get through, the page may no longer exist, but then again it might. Bookmark the page and try to visit it when web traffic has diminished. My server IS.COM.FJ has been off line quite a bit lately for maintenance. If this situation does not improve, I will have to move to a new server. If I do, I will maintain a change of address link at this location.
10.If you want to be adventurous, you can insert what you want into the blank http://www._______.com, hit enter, and see where you go. For example, National Geographic is at http://www.nationalgeographic.com, The New York Times is at http://www.nytimes.com, US News & World Reports is at http://www.usnews.com . However PBS is at http://www.pbs.org, NASA is at http://www.nasa.gov, and Harvard would be at http://www.harvard.edu .
11.Sometimes web pages are very long and it's hard to find what you are looking for. Most browsers have a Find button at the top of the screen. Click on Find and type in a word. Your browser will take you to that word on the currently displayed page and highlight it wherever it appears as well. (In Internet Explorer you have to first click on the word Edit at the top of the screen and then on Find in the pulldown menu.)
12.If your browser cannot connect to a page at all, try hitting the Stop button and then clicking on the hyperlink again. You will often connect immediately.
13.If your browser is taking a long time to load a web page, click on the Stop button. Web pages often contain excessive graphics which are sometimes fun but often annoying. If you want to see the full page, you can always click on Reload or Refresh.
14.If you need some tips for chatting on the Internet, visit the Beginner's Guide To Chat.
15.You will get a lot of e-mail that is garbage if not outright fraud. Check out The National Fraud Information Center, Internet Scambusters and CIAC Internet Hoaxes.
16.You may have an e-mail program that can do a lot of fancy colors and hyperlinks and such. If the person to whom you are writing doesn't have the same program to read the e-mail, your letter will still be readable but will look quite different and possibly quite bizarre.
17.The middle of the night (2AM - 7AM E.S.T.) is a great time to surf the web. Unfortunately it's even a greater time to sleep.
18.Rename your bookmarks
or favorites. My bookmark listing for TV Guide was called New York Metropolitan
Edition. I changed it to TV Guide followed by my Nickname and Password.
(Although my computer supposedly remembers this, for some reason TVGuide
forgets this every so often and forces me to remember them.)
- In Netscape - Click on Bookmarks
at the top of the screen. Then click on Go to Bookmarks. Right click on
the listing that you want to change. Click on Properties. In the box that
says Name: type in whatever name you would prefer. Click on OK. Close the
bookmark window.
- In Internet Explorer - Click
on Favorites. Then click on Organize Favorites... Click on (highlight)
the listing that you want to change. Click on the Rename button. Type in
whatever name you would prefer. Click on the Close button.
19.Several websites (e.g. - The New York Times) insist on a password even though they are free. You can either make a little password folder in your computer or (like me) always use the same password. If security is important (such as logging on to an Internet Service Provider) then by all means use a unique password.
20.Almost any browser will allow you to visit more than one website at the same time. This is particularly useful when you are downloading a large file or graphic-heavy webpage. If you are downloading a file (other than a webpage which is itself a file or combination of files), simply surf off to any page you like and keep surfing until the download is completed. You can also open your browser program more than once. If your computer can multitask, simply start your browser program again while leaving the originally started browser program open.
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