Google Launches Interactive Book to Teach Everyone About the Web.
In an attempt to teach the average person about the fundamental of browsers and the web, Google has released an interactive online book that explains concepts like, Cloud Computing, Web Apps, TCP/IP, HTML, browser extensions and malware.
The short book, 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web, is a step-by-step explanation of the web and how it works. It was created by the Google Chrome team using HTML5, but it also features a lot of clever illustrations by award-winning German illustrator and children’s author Christoph Niemann.
The focus of the book is on 19 different topics (plus a recap, making for 20 things). It starts with “What Is the Internet?” and then dives into cloud computing, web apps, web programming languages, browsers, privacy, security and open source.
Google realizes that most people have no clue about the function of a browser or what HTML5 actually is. This was exemplified last year when Google took to the streets and asked people, “what is a browser?” Less than 8% of the people it polled gave a correct answer. with the other 92 percent providing fodder for the amusing video !!
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