How to Use the Internet, 2001 Edition

Rogers Cadenhead

ISBN 10: 0672320002 / ISBN 13: 9780672320002

Published by Sams, 2000

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0672320002I4N00

Synopsis:

Everything the reader needs to know in order to get connected to the internet, browse and create web pages, send and recieve e-mail, read and post to newsgroups and apply the internet to their everyday office and home life. The book assumes no previous knowledge.

Review: In How to Use the Internet, 2001 Edition, Rogers Cadenhead has come up with an excellent picture of what most people do with the Internet. Furthermore, he explains each task--reading e-mail, searching and surfing the Web, chatting and the like--with clarity and simplicity that's not found in many other books. Like the other books in this series, this one explains its subject with full-colour, nicely rendered illustrations that closely associate explanatory text with screen shots from the software under discussion. The heavily graphical style will appeal to people who prefer to learn visually, rather than attempt to correlate an author's prose with what they are seeing on a video screen.

Users of Mac OS and Linux machines will wish for illustrations that match their machines--all the screen shots in this book come from Microsoft Windows--but this book is beautiful in its understanding of what's important to most Internet users. Cadenhead explains how to connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP), then goes beyond the expected e-mail and Web coverage to introduce chat (with both ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger) and stock portfolio tracking (on ClearStation). Cadenhead probably goes too far by attempting to cover Web publishing--the subject doesn't fit this format well--but nonetheless explains how to become a productive user of all aspects of the Internet. --David Wall

Topics covered: The essential skills required of a journeyman Internet user, including those related to e-mail, the Web, Usenet newsgroups, ICQ and AOL. There is coverage of MP3 music (but not Napster), plus some introductory material on publishing your own pages.

Bibliographic Details

Title: How to Use the Internet, 2001 Edition
Publisher: Sams
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket