The book, 20 Lessons I Learned About Browsers and the Web is a fundamental tool for anyone who wants to know more about the Internet and how it works, it clearly shows what you always wanted to know about the web, but were afraid to ask, The book is divided into 20 chapters and can be printed for free, below are the topics and the book online.
- ITEM 1
- What is Internet? or, I say A, you say B
- ITEM 2
- Cloud Computing Or Why It's OK If A Truck Runs Over Your Laptop
- ITEM 3
- Web Apps or, Life, Freedom and the Pursuit of Happiness
- ITEM 4
- HTML, JavaScript, CSS and more either, this is not your mother's AJAX.
- ITEM 5
- HTML5 or, at the beginning there was no
- ITEM 6
- 3D in the browser or, navigating deeper
- ITEM 7
- Ode to the browser or, modern versus old browsers
- ITEM 8
- Plugins or, pepperoni for your cheese pizza
- ITEM 9
- Browser extensions or, superpowers for your browser
- ITEM 10
- Syncing Your Browser Or, Why It's OK If a Truck Runs Over Your Laptop, Part II
- ITEM 11
- Browser cookies or, thanks for the memories
- ITEM 12
- Browsers and privacy or, options to protect your privacy in the browser
- ITEM 13
- Malware, Phishing, and Security Risks, or If It Looks What It Isn't
- ITEM 14
- How modern browsers help protect against malware and phishing or, beware the idle
- ITEM 15
- Using web addresses to stay safe or, my name is URL
- ITEM 16
- IP and DNS Addresses or, the Phantom Phone Booth
- ITEM 17
- Online Identity Validation or, “Dr. Ivo Pitanguy, I suppose?”
- ITEM 18
- Evolution to a faster web or, image, video and JavaScript acceleration on the web
- ITEM 19
- Open source and browsers or, standing on the shoulders of giants
- ITEM 20
- 19 lessons later…or, a day in the clouds
