20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web

The Google Chrome (web browser) team has released an interactive and illustrated online book that walks readers through the 20 “Things” the Google Chrome team has learned from the Web and Internet browsers. If you ever wanted an easy and fun way to learn the terms for what makes up the Web and Internet browsers, privacy and security information, and what web innovations may be coming in the future, take a look at the book. If you find it useful, share it with your patrons. Read the book online here.

The 20 “Things” covered include:

1. What is the Internet (or “You Say Tomato, I Say TCP/IP”)
2. Cloud Computing (or, why it’s ok for a truck to crush your laptop)
3. Web Apps (or, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Appiness”
4. HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and more (or, this is not your mom’s AJAX)
5. HTML5 (or, in the beginning there was no <video>)
6. 3D in the Browser (or, browsing in more depth)
7. A Browser Madrigal (or, old vs. modern browsers)
8. Plug-ins (or, pepperoni for your cheese pizza)
9. Browser Extensions (or superpowers for your browser)
10. Synchronizing the Browser (or, why it’s ok for a truck to crush your laptop, part II)
11. Browser Cookies (or, thanks for the memories)
12. Browsers and Privacy (or, giving you choices to protect your privacy in the browser)
13. Malware, Phishing, and Security Risks (or, if it quacks like a duck but isn’t a duck)
14. How Modern Browsers Help Protect You From Malware and Phishing (or, beware the ne’er-do-wells!)
15. Using Web Addresses to Stay Safe (or, “my name is URL”
16. IP Addresses and DNS (or, the phantom phone booth)
17. Validating Identities Online (or, ‘Dr. Livingstone, I presume?’)
18. Evolving to a Faster Web (or, speeding up images, video, and JavaScript on the web)
19. Open Source and Browsers (or, standing on the shoulders of giants)
20. 19 Things Later…. (or, a day in the clouds)

Image Credit: Screenshot of the cover page of “20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web”