LESSON 2: HTML EDITING TOOLS and BROWSER INFO

1. Here are MAC TECHNIQUES that you must know (1 pt each on Lesson #2 quiz):
   1. Do "close" and "quit" mean the same thing?
      Answer: No!
   2. How do you close a window on a Mac?
      Answer: Click the box in the upper left-hand corner.
   3. When you close a window, does it exit the program?
      Answer: No!
   4. What is the "command" key on MACs?
      Answer: The key that looks a little like a four-leaf clover, bottom row, on the left.
   5. List two ways that you can QUIT a program.
      Answer: File--Quit, or the keyboard shortcut Command-Q
   6. What can happen if, say, SimpleText has not been properly quit, and someone clicks on the SimpleText icon?
      Answer: SimpleText may not appear!
   7. If you click on, say, the SimpleText icon, and it doesn't appear, what should you do?
      Answer: Look at the Application Menu (upper right corner) and you'll probably notice that it says SimpleText there! Then use the FILE menu to open a new window.
2. Study the index cards on HTML EDITING TOOLS and do the worksheet items, using SimpleText as your HTML editor.
   • What is an HTML document?
   • What is an HTML editor?
   • Where can I get an HTML editor?
   • What is a WYSIWYG authoring tool? In particular, what does WYSIWYG stand for?
   • List two PROS of WYSIWYG authoring tools:
   • List two CONS of WYSIWYG authoring tools:
3. Read pages 7–13 in the Weasel book (starting with "Browser Usage Statistics") and answer the following questions:
   1. What are three ways that you can track browser usage of your audience?
   2. What is a user agent string?
   3. Talk about the word "Mozilla" that appears at the beginning of a typical user agent string. What is/was "Mozilla"? Does appearance of the word "Mozilla" tell you whether you're using IE or Netscape?
   4. Visit The Counter and check out the services they offer.
   5. What is one reason why Internet Explorer is currently dominant in the browser market?
   6. About what percent of users use some version of IE, according to the text?
   7. Practice interpreting the table on pages 10–11 by answering the following questions:
      Does Navigator 3.0 support Style Sheets (CSS1)?
      Does AOL 3.0 support animated gifs?
      Does Navigator 2.0 support JavaScript? Does Opera 3.0 support HTML 3.2?
   8. What is meant by "lowest common denominator design"? List any advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of this approach.
   9. What is meant by "current version design"? List any advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of this approach.
   10. What is meant by "splitting the difference"? List any advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of this approach.
   11. What does the phrase "degrade gracefully" mean?
   12. What does the phrase "something for everyone" mean? List any advantage(s) and disadvantage(s) of this approach.
   13. Check out Hotwired's WebMonkey
   as a great example of the "something for everyone" method of web design.
   14. Name two web authoring tools cited in the text, that have features that ensure your code will work with your preferred browsers.

• Answering the MAC questions at a computer.
• Questions from the index cards and reading (see below).
• (Note: The TYPING TEST is on FRIDAY of this week!)