Learn how the web works: 20 Things about Browsers and the Web
December 15, 2010
There are many things that I don’t know about the web, even though I spend a fair amount of time on it. I’ll bet you’re the same way, too. Thankfully, there are sites like 20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web is a helpful primer designed to fill in our knowledge gaps about how the web works and how it is constructed.
This site is really a sort of an ebook, put out by Google (it’s always good to see who is publishing the content), in which topics related to using the web and browsers are explored in comprehensible ways, complete with neat little illustrations by Christoph Nieman.
The topics in 20 Things range from cloud computing, to protecting your computer from malware, to the evolution of the web over time. Sure, Google has a huge stake in all of this because the more we use the web, the more we see their advertisements. But this book is user-friendly, packed with good information, and it’s free. I did not see any signs of Google overtly pushing its Chrome browser above any others (such as Firefox or Explorer). The book is set up for you to browse linearly, or for you to jump around the chapters. There are also plenty of embedded hyperlinks that allow you to go deeper into content, should you wish.
20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web
