These browsers are available for both Windows-based and Macintosh computers. Navigation is accomplished by pointing and clicking with a mouse on highlighted words and graphics. The current version of Navigator is contained within a suite of programs called Netscape Communicator. You can install a graphical browser such as Netscape Navigator in your Windows-based or Macintosh machine. The latter may be obtained from an Internet Service Provider.
Lynx is a browser that provides access to the Web in text-only mode.
This browser is available through your personal VAX or UNIX account on campus. When the browser encounters a sound, image or video file, it hands off the data to other programs, called plug-ins, to run or display the file. Working in conjunction with plug-ins, browsers can offer a seamless multimedia experience. Many plug-ins are available for free. A common plug-in utilized on the Web is the Adobe Acrobat Reader.