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Review categories > Website Design Books > Learn the Internet In Weekend
By: Audrey Miller Review for 'Learn the Internet In Weekend'
Rating: 5 of out 6
Written By: William R. Stanek
Page Count: 400
Cover Type: Softcover
Published By: Prima Publishing
Date Published: 12/1997
List Price: $19.99
Author's Site: http://www.webdevelopersjourna...
Learn the
Internet in a Weekend provides readers with the tools
necessary to enjoy the Internet to its fullest
potential. One might think that only beginners
would need this book, but it may be useful to anyone
wanting to know the finer points of what the Internet is
all about. William R. Stanek does not waste a lot of
time with technical jargon to confuse his
reader. His approach is standard American
easy-reading English, which makes it possible to read
Learn the Internet in a Weekend in a weekend.
The book is divided into five parts: Friday evening,
Saturday morning, Saturday evening, Sunday morning and
Sunday evening. One can spend the recommended four hours
for each part although, as the author states, it's up to
the reader to allocate his/her time.
Chapters include:
- Introducing the Net and the Web
- Getting Connected
- Surfing the Web
- Working with Your Browser
- E-mail: The Basics
- Managing Your Mail
- News and Discussion
- Participating in Discussion Groups
- Mailing Lists: Another Kind of Discussion Group
- Chatting it Up on the Net
- Files and Your Web Browser
- Transferring Files from the Web and Beyond
- Accessing the Computer Next Door with Telnet
- Working with the Web's Search Engines and
Directories
- Finding the Best of the Web and the World
- Finding People and Business
- Going Shopping Online
- Playing Games with Applets and
Plug-Ins
Finally, the appendix explains to
the absolute beginner how to download Netscape
Communicator and Internet Explorer.
I have
nothing negative to say about Learn the Internet in a
Weekend. Even though I am not an absolute
beginner, I came away learning things I did not know or
had overlooked.
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