Please refer to Internet reading list in Appendix A and the UNIX Internet fact sheet for more information. Since the 1993 emergence of the graphical browser Mosaic, the Web has taken the Internet by storm. The Web's explosive growth has resulted largely from its ease of use and power to transport a rich array of text, graphics, sound, and programs almost instantaneously to the computer desktop with the click of a mouse button. And as an ECN account-holder, you can create your own home page . You can view the Web in a text-only mode with lynx .
Some campuses have graphical browsers loaded on designated computers in their computer labs.
If you would like to dial up from your home to use the Web with a graphical browser or other client software, you must have a direct Internet connection and an ECN account. The best way to familiarize yourself with the Web is to spend time browsing there. The graphical browsers are fairly intuitive, and there is no end to the information you can access. See the UNIX fact sheet for gopher . You can access VM from a microcomputer on campus or by dialing up from a modem at home .