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Title	The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Wide Web (Complete Idiot's Guide)
Author(s)	Peter Kent
ISBN	1567615422
Language	English
Published	April 1995
Publisher	Alpha Books

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
Of the many books currently available on the topic of the World Wide Web, some specialize in HTML (HyperText Markup Language) explanation, some just enthuse, and a *lot* specialize in the Mosaic browser. Most general guides, though, tend to dedicate the bulk of the pages to various Web sites and presentations. (Screen dumps are a very quick way to fill up space.) Kent doesn't do as much of this, and uses the space saved to produce the most complete description of WWW that I have yet reviewed. After the four chapters of general introduction in part one, part two provides a raft of information on text, graphical, DOS, Windows, Mac, UNIX and other browsers. Even W3 by mail gets mentioned. Part three gives some background on establishing a dial-up IP connection. (Familiarity with modem commands and the Kermit scripting language would be a help.) The array of client browsers is presented, with some analysis, in part four, while the actual operation of the client software (mostly Netscape and InternetWorks) is detailed in part five. A quick, but useful, guide to HTML makes up part six. And, not to be left out, part seven is a list of W3 sites--and archives for related software. The breadth of scope in the book is at some expense of accuracy, particularly in terms of browser features. The desire to be current has led to an annoying number of "stop press" comments--some run into the paragraphs they are meant to correct. Originally, the author seems to have planned to include InternetWorks with the book. Some comments would indicate that the developers withdrew permission at the last minute and that not all references were removed. Also, some of the material is a bit disorganized. The documentation for text browsers appears in part two, while the operation of graphical browsers is described in part four. A combined overview might have contributed to overall understanding. Still, even with these flaws, I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to understand, connect to, use, or start providing information on the World Wide Web. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995
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