Guardian Guide to the Internet - Couverture souple

McClellan, Jim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1857026659 ISBN 13 : 9781857026658

Editeur : Fourth Estate Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

The best general guide to the Internet, written with wit and wisdom from the newspaper that has the best coverage and is about to launch the Guardian on the Net. The Internet is both the present and the future. But for most, getting started is still the most difficult test. So how does the uninitiated browser to become the deft surfer? The Guardian Guide to the Net is the instruction manual for the newcomer and experienced surfer alike. It will allow you to travel as far, as fast as you want: from paddling round the shallow end of the pool to surfing the outer edge of the waves of information. You won't however get lost in the white-water rapids of techno jargon. This is a guide for everyone: consumer, player, student, professional. Cyberdweebs must go elsewhere. It will allow first-timers to choose the best equipment for their needs, with recommendations about which stockists to approach and what questions to ask to ensure that what you buy will deliver what you expect. It will introduce the service providers and their services, incuding access routes to the World Wide Web, e-mail services, news providers, retailers. And the accompanying Netscape/BT CD will allow the most straightforward access to the Internet, highlighting the Guardian's own newly created sites. With a directory of useful, entertaining or sometimes plain weird web sites for you to explore, this is the best guide around to the virtual world that is all around us: the Internet. Welcome aboard.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jim McClellan is a regular writer in the Guardian about computers and the Internet. He is also a contributor to Arena, Esquire.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fourth Estate Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1857026659
• ISBN 13: 9781857026658
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible