So what is that thing again on the browser, where you type the website address?

In my first article, yesterday ( 05May11), I introduced a Firefox web browser Add-On called "Browse By Name". I also mentioned a few words that could've thrown off the average user, getting them to try and figure out what the heck I was referring to. There's always Uncle Google of course to answer your problems, but then again that would be defeating the purpose of having this blog. My apologies for this, I will try to explain as simply as possible in the future, since your time is of the essence. Take for example, the phrase 'location bar', you may be wondering, "now what is that?". Well, it all comes down to knowing a few basics about the features or components of your web browser.

Here are a few basics about the components of your web browser (viewing your web browser from top to bottom):

Menu Bar 
- where your menus are located, usually above the Webpage Title, but placement of the Menu Bar can vary in different implementations of web browsers and operating   systems (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux).

Webpage Title
- this is usually a short title about the website or webpage you are currently visiting. Note that the browser does not automatically put in this title for you, it is the designer of the website who enables this on their webpages - this can be another topic for another day. The Webpage Title is usually located at the top of the website's webpage that you are viewing.
                           
Location Bar
 - this is where you usually type a website address.

Personal Toolbar or Bookmarks Toolbar
 - this is a handy place for your favorite or useful websites that you visit most frequently.
                                                                        
 Content Area
- the main content or information of the website.

Scrollbar
- this is used for viewing content that spans beyond your computer's screen size. Just use your mouse to click on it and drag vertically downwards to see the rest of the content.
                   
Status Line
- this is useful to see the progress of your connection to a website. If your web connection is slow for some reason, this would be a good place to check visually.
                 
A picture tells a thousand words, so here's a snapshot of my Firefox web browser on my Apple Macbook, with the few basic components that we just learned about:

If you want to learn more about your browser and have the time, you can visit the following:

Firefox:  http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features/

Internet Explorer:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8

Safari: http://www.apple.com/safari/features.html

Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/more/index.html