Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Lecture (Week 4) + Tutorial Activity

The World Wide Web

An example of a browser interaface



The 'www' is an abstract space of virtual information. It was developed by Tim Berners Lee in 1989 to facilitate the sharing of information.



Web browsers include:

Mozilla

Int. Explorer

Neoplanet



Tutorial Activity


This is the Haggis Hunt Website: The Republic of Molossia Website:


www.haggishunt.scotsman.org

This website didn't look genuine because it contained a fake animal called 'haggis' when in actual fact haggis is the lining of a sheep's stomach.
The site was full of games, videos etc. and had partnership with dating websites etc.
This showed me that the site wasn't really there for a purpose other then to make money from advertising.

The Molossia website was obviously a spoof aswell, theres no such place as Molossia so therefore its obviously not a genuine website.

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