In an attempt to teach the average person about the fundamentals of browsers and the web, Google has released an interactive online book that explains concepts like, 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.
While regular readers of Mashable may be very familiar with these web concepts (and much more), Google realizes that most people have no clue about the function of a browser or what HTML5 actually is.
With 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web, Google can point these users to a website that will fill them in on the basics.
This Book is available on www.20thingsilearned.com.
This Book is available on www.20thingsilearned.com.
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