How do web browsers work?

1. Part 5: Use a Web browser &
Change Web browser Properties
Reem AbuZayedh
CIS 1203 Web Technologies

2. Keywords
1. Home
2. Print
3. Back
4. Forward
5. Refresh
6. Stop
7. Find
8. View options
9. Favorites
10. Turn off Multimedia Objects
11. Delete Browsing History files
12. Work Offline

3. Home & Print
Home button takes you to the chosen home
page.
How to change the Home page?
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Print prints the content of the current webpage.

4. Back & Forward
Back (one click  one page back). A button that
returns you to the previous webpage you visited.
Forward (one click  one page forward). A
button that takes you to the webpage you visited
after the current webpage.

5. Refresh & Stop
Refresh views the latest updates at the current
webpage.
Stop stops loading the webpage (Use it when
you type a wrong URL).

6. Find
Find finds word(s) on a webpage.
1. Click Edit (menu)  Find on this Page
2. Type the word you want to find in the Find What
box.

7. View Options
Show/hide Toolbars
Zoom
Text
Size

8. Favorites
Favorites button contains:
1.Favorites allows you to save the websites you
like.
2.History saves records about the websites you
visited.
3.Feeds (RSS feeds) are content available by a
website. They are usually used by news and

9. Turn off Multimedia objects
•Some websites use lots of
images, sounds and
animations.
•It takes a long time to
download and you have to
wait!
•If you don’t have time or if
you care only about the text
turn off images, sounds and
animations to speed up the
website.
Click Tools Internet
Options Advanced 

10. Delete Browsing History files
To delete the Temporary Internet files, Cookies,
History, and Saved Passwords; do the following:
Click Tools Internet Options General

11. Work Offline
Use Work Offline, if the
Internet connection is slow or
if you can’t connect to the
Internet:
 Load the webpage you want
to read.
 File  Work Offline

12. Review Questions (1/3)
On Internet Explorer, what do you use/click in the following
conditions:
1. You want to save a website you like
2. You want to change the Home page
3. You want a webpage to load faster
4. You want to re-visit a webpage you visited after the current
webpage.
5. You want to find a website that you visited few days ago

13. Review Questions (2/3)
On Internet Explorer, what do you use/click in the following
conditions:
6. You want to change the zoom of a webpage.
7. You want to make the computer faster
8. You want to see the latest updates in a website.
9. You want to stop loading a wrong URL.
10. You want to find the word “Tourism” in a website.

14. Review Questions (3/3)
On Internet Explorer, what do you use/click in the following
conditions:
11. You have a slow Internet connection and you want to
read a webpage.
12. Change the text size on a webpage.
13. You want to return to the previous website.
14. You want to view the Menu bar.
15. You want to print a webpage (Give 2 ways).