Bookmarking

In this lesson, we'll practice "bookmarking" a webpage so that it can be visited again later. We'll also see how to organize a list of bookmarks.

The WWW is much like reading a book at home, making it through several chapters, and having to leave for a while.When you come back, you want to be able to pick up where you left off. But unless you placed a piece of paper between the pages, you'll be thumbing through pages for a while looking for your place.

The WWW contains millions(!!) of webpages. If you find one in particular that you like, you'll want to be able to revisit it without going through a bunch of other pages first. That's where Netscape's "bookmarks" come in.

Also, most Internet addresses (URLs) are somewhat long, confusing, and hard to remember. That's what the bookmarks are for.

The "bookmarks" button is located just below the "Back" and "Forward" buttons on Windows computers.

On Macintoshes, the bookmarks are located on the right side of the toolbar. But it's not labeled "bookmarks". It has an old ribbon-style bookmark icon instead.

Clicking the bookmark button, let's take a look at what is inside.