Comments on: What is a Browser?

By: Friday Links | Blogger For Hire

Friday Links | Blogger For Hire — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:47:28 +0000

[...] What is a Browser? – Kim Woodbridge wonders if people are less tech-savvy than she realizes. [...]

By: Arun Basil Lal

Arun Basil Lal — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:38:03 +0000

Ya, that will do, but I didn’t even say that definition when I was asked, that wasn’t not too hard. :)
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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:21:00 +0000

Hi Arun – Hmm … I don’t think the technical definition is going to help many people out. Maybe – a piece of software that allows you to view online content ..?

By: Arun Basil Lal

Arun Basil Lal — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:05:17 +0000

The title was striking. I guess at some point of time, some one is going to come to this page over the search query “What is a browser”. For them:

Browser is an HTML interpreter. In the modern scenario is more like a HTML + PHP + JavaScript interpreter.

When I was asked this question some years ago, I didn’t know the answer myself. I think I said that a Browser is something that helps me Google :)

I still don’t think am right ;)
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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:20:47 +0000

Hi Rick – It’s what I call a lazy post :-) But I find that some of my lazy posts
become popular ones.

By: Rick Castellini

Rick Castellini — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:06:12 +0000

Came over to see what's happening at KW.com and of course always find cool stuff. I'm still laughing over this video you had on Stumble and saw you turned it into a post. Nice work as always...and thanks for giving me a mention too! Rick Castellini´s last blog post - 7 Tech items I would take to college

By: Chinese Girl

Chinese Girl — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:52:08 +0000

Yes, you are right, we do not like giant companies especially when it starts to take control our way of doing things , when it spread like a virus and in one way or another you obliged to use them but have no better alternatives to turn to when you find problems in it. General Electronics is a giant company but there are less people dislike it compare to Google or Microsoft. This is partly because of human nature partly because like a normal person, a company may became less attentive, more arrogant and manipulating when it became strong. Chinese Girl´s last blog post - Photo Urumqi Shuimogou Park6

By: carla | green and chic

carla | green and chic — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:19:57 +0000

@Kim - Yes! She really enjoys shopping online - especially when she can buy certain items that's cheaper than buying them the old fashioned way! carla | green and chic´s last blog post - Thursday Link Love – green jobs, junk mail, vodka and more.

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:56:58 +0000

Hi Carla – Since your Mom just got online she might find that she really
enjoys it and will learn what a browser is.

Oh – I don’t miss those days of research and writing papers – I mean
at the time we didn’t know any different but it is so much easier now.

By: carla | green and chic

carla | green and chic — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:35:46 +0000

I am not really suppressed. My mother just got online for the first time a few months ago. As someone who has been a nurse for the past 39 years (started when she was 19) she never had to use a computer aside from hospital equipment. Even if she had to change jobs, she doesn't need a resume - hospitals and registries call HER all the time. I doubt she knows what a "browser" is anymore than I know what a firewall is. I'm on the tail end of the typewriter, card catalog, 24 volume encyclopedia, generation too. carla | green and chic´s last blog post - Thursday Link Love – green jobs, junk mail, vodka and more.