A variety of programs are available for browsing the Web. Netscape is currently the most popular Web browser. Several versions of Netscape are available for free for use with Windows, Macintosh, and X Windows computer systems. Netscape must be run on a computer connected directly to the Internet or over a SLIP or PPP phone connection.
Lynx is a good text-only browser that can be used over a standard modem line, even at low speeds.
The rest of this page will describe how to access the Web through Netscape. The procedures for accessing the Web with other browsers are similar. It actually includes information on where the document is stored as well as the type of computer program that must be used to get the document. For example, some Web documents are accessible using programs like gopher and ftp. Netscape knows how to run all the common file transfer programs.