Navigating the WebWhen you re at a Web site, (Simple web server)
Navigating the WebWhen you re at a Web site, you may not have to do much more typing of URLs. After you re at a page, you can click any hyperlink(also called a link) to go towhatever page the link represents. Hyperlink text can be anything it neednot be a URL. But it will most likely be underlined and either blue or magenta. Blue indicates a link to a Web page you ve never visited. Magenta identifiespages you ve already visited. A picture, or even a portion of a picture, can be a hyperlink too. You can t telljust by looking whether a picture is a hyperlink or not. You have to point to it. If the mouse pointer changes to a hand, as in any of the examples shown inFigure 10-3, it s a hyperlink. The hand means click here to go. If the status barin your Web browser is turned on, the URL that the hyperlink will take you to appears in the lower-left corner of your browser window, as shown in thesame figure. Figure 10-3:Pointing to hyperlinks, and Internet Explorer s status barUsing HyperlinksWhen you know the mouse pointer is touching a hyperlink, you just click (tap the left mouse button) to follow the hyperlink (that is, to go wherever thehyperlink points you). When you get to the new page, you can click the Backbutton in your Web browser to return to the page you just left. More on theBack button a little later in this chapter. Opening a Page in a New WindowIf you want to keep the Web page you re viewing at the moment visible on thescreen, and also go to a linked page, don t click the hyperlink. Right-click itinstead and choose Open in New Window from the shortcut menu that opens(see Figure 10-4). The Web page will open in a new Internet Explorer browserwindow, which you can move and size independently of the first. For example, when you have two browser windows open, you can right-clickthe current time and choose Tile Windows Vertically to put the browser win- dows side by side. Or choose Cascade Windows from that same menu to stackthe browser windows like sheets of paper. Status barMouse pointer on hyperlinks178Part
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