You'll then be connected to the new Web page. A Web Browser is a software program which provides the tools to navigate and access Web documents more easily. A browser helps you search for sites, remember favorite sites to come back to later, print information found on the Web, send e-mails and more. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator are the two most popular browsers available. Both are excellent browsers that make surfing the net a smooth process.
Browsers come with many of the same features and the basics are easily learned.
The speed at which this information is provided to you depends on your modem's speed, the size of the files within the Web page you are accessing and the amount of traffic on the Internet. A text hyperlink often appears as a blue underlined word or phrase. The link will change color when you return to the original page as a reminder of where you have already visited. The row of buttons at the top of the Web browser window is called a Toolbar. The tools found here help to access and keep track of information more easily when surfing the Internet.