Using Netscape

Software dedicated for being used with the Web is dubbed, appropriately, browsers. Some that you may have heard of are Lynx and Mosiac. The browser that is available for your use in the Math department is called Netscape. To use it on a Sun workstation type the following:
math joe % netscape &

If you are using a vt220 ascii terminal, you will need to use Lynx:
math joe % lynx &

The URL to get to the Math Department's home page is http://math.bu.edu. You will notice that there are some items that are underlined in the home page. These are called hyperlinks. By simply pointing to this underlined word or phrase with the mouse and clicking once with the left mouse button, you will automatically be linked to another document which has more detailed information about the word or phrase that was underlined. This new document, in turn, may have some of its own hyperlinks. If at any time you want to get back to a previous document that you were browsing, you can point the mouse to the box at the bottom of the window that has the word Back in it. You can keep clicking this button until you get to the point where you want to stop. Similarly, clicking on the Forward button will go forward to the links that you selected previously. If you would like to go to a completely new URL, you can select the Open.. button and then type in the URL that you want to go to. However, the URL must be in one of the formats discussed in the next section. If at anytime you want to quit Netscape, no matter where you are on the Web (France, Japan, Australia), just go under the File menu and select Quit.