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Book SynopsisThe Internet is synonymous with change - that's one of its charms, and one of its headaches. This book introduces readers to the many tools that make the modern Internet such a great way to stay connected. It is useful for anyone just venturing into cyberspace, as well as the experienced users who could use an update to the internet applications.
Trade Review"Guides to the internet are becoming as common as website pages in a search result list, but with O'Reilly behind this particular title, IWR decided to take a closer look. O'Reilly is at the forefront of technology publishing and has a knack of explaining things clearly. Could this book live up to its title? The consumer focus gives the book a bright and breezy style, both in its writing and its design. Lots of box-out texts have been incorporated to provide clear definitions of technology, all of which help add to the usability of the title. Even the index is theme-based rather than following a set pattern. Although this isn't a book for the information professional to read and inwardly digest, it does come up with some great metaphors to help explain how the internet and the technology behind works and accompanies them with some excellent definitions. Those facets alone make The Missing Manual a useful resource title for teaching information usage." - Mark Chillingworth, Information World Review, January2007
