The Internet for Dummies Quick Reference

by John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young, Arnold Reinhold

Book Overview

The Internet is an active medium. You can't just sit and watch it like television; you have to try things, poke around, and find the sites, information, and people that you need and enjoy. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764503553
• ISBN13: 9780764503559
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A Very Good Start-up

I hope, almost everyone has heard of the "For Dummies" books. The series' direct method and clear (sometimes playful and fun) language make learning easy. It is also a well-known computer book series in Russia. "The Internet For Dummies" is the chance to find out in a simple, clear and fun guide which takes the horror out of meeting the Internet for the first time. As a computer writer, I am always delighted to discover new great book that makes understanding the computer. Many so-called Internet books are nothing more than printed collections of Web addresses. "The Internet For Dummies" is a guide designed just for newbies. Authors do an exceptional job of explaining a large number of Internet terms. You'll also find here a lot of tips for optimizing your browser for speed, building your first Web page, managing e-mail, subscribing to mailing lists, and go shopping on-line. "The Internet for Dummies" is a great start to learning the Internet.

Great introductory guide to the internet

Internet for Dummies is a great start to learning the internet. As a computer trainer, I am always delighted to discover comprehensive illustrative material that makes understanding the computer. This is such a book. I recommend anyone learning the computer to start out with this very down-to-earth publication. You may be asking why would a Mind Recovery Trainer want to review a computer book. In my research, I also find it vital to understand basic computing principles. This book will do to you what it did for me.

7th Edition of the Great Internet Dummies Book !

360 pages of all the facts you'll need about the Web, e-mail, service providers, and search engines. An encyclopedia of the easy to locate information you'll need to surf like an "expert." Provides a complete table of contents and an index of more than 2,200 entries. Topics range from The Net at Home and Work, Your Kids, Web TV and Shopping, to Your First Home Page, Mail, Messages, Chats, and Swiping Files from the Net. Written in the fun, but informative style of the "Dummies" series. At $ 15.95 you'll find a wealth of information to help you. I keep this book on my desk and refer to it often. My two sons are systems analysts and programmers, but I find the things I need faster in this book, than trying to understand what the boys are saying with their technical jargon ! After they answer my question, I still look it up in the book so I can understand the "practical" steps I need to take to get what I want.

AT LEAST I KNOW WHATS GOING ON!!!!!

THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU, THIS BOOK IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. NOW I DON'T FEEL LIKE A DUMMIE!AFTER THE FIRST CHAPTER, I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET TO MY NEW COMPUTER & REALIZE WHAT A BROWSER BAR WAS AS WELL AS A TOOLBAR. I DO INDEED PLAN TO BUY WINDOWS 98' FOR DUMMIES. THANKS AGAIN FOR MAKING ME FEEL ABIT WISER.

Top of my List

I bought Internet for Dummies first, at least as far as the Internet is concerned, I really am one; second, it was highly recommended by my server when I signed up.I expected to use it as a reference work, and still have that expectation, but I was surprised (I don't know why; too many over regimented do-it books I suppose), but I found it eminently readable - so I read it. All of it.Interesting. Informative. Entertaining. Educational. In my view, it should be required reading for every tyro cybernautGreat jobRPVP