Publisher's Synopsis
Mosaic is the market-leading multimedia browser software which has unleashed the full multimedia resources of the Internet through the World Wide Web (WWW) global information system. This book is a one-stop start-up tutorial for those with entry-level resources - a PC, modem and Internet account.;The book takes the novice from acquiring and installing a free copy of Mosaic straight onto exploring the global world of internetworked computers from your desktop. Tips on customizing and optimizing your implementation for exploration are provided, together with a short guide to the related Internet protocols supported in the WWW - telnet, gopher and ftp. An interesting and useful directory offers a number of starting points for exploration from a large number of fields.;Just a short step from navigating the world's information resources using Mosaic is the need to provide your own information stop for the rest of the world. This book should get you started on the road to providing an impressive WWW "home page" using the standard scripting language HTML. It also introduces techniques for incorporating other media into your document. This book should be useful for any PC user in academia or commerce wanting to establish a link to the most exciting of new Internet resources, the WWW.
