The Index - Internet

Yahoo!: Free e-mail providers
List of links to sites that offer free e-mail accounts.

Free Homepage Center
Index of sites that offer free homepages.

ISO country codes
Index of the 2-letter country suffixes used in internet domain names.

The Internet Language Dictionary
A dictionary of internet acronyms and internet jargon.

The Internet Traffic Report
This hourly updated page shows where the major congestions on the net are located.

whatis.com
A cross-referenced glossary of Internet and technology terms designed for fast lookup. Organized alphabetically and by topic.

Software

browsers.com
Download the latest versions of all the leading web browsers here.

Mitch's Home: Mac Internet Helpers
This site offers links to internet software for the Macintosh, and installation/setup help.

NoNags
Archive of free internet software for Windows.

TUCOWS
The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software. Large archive of the best internet shareware and public domain software for Windows, OS/2 and Macintosh.

Statistics and surveys

CyberAtlas
This site offers Internet market information, demographics info and statistics, culled from surveys by major market research firms.

Internet usage demographics
O'Reilly Research offers an online report about Internet use. This page also links to a report on the current state of web commerce.

The 1997 American Internet User Survey
This recent Find/SVP survey report offers valuable information about Internet usage in the US.

Tutorials and help for beginners

The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
Excellent HTML tutorial/reference website. The Bare Bones Guide to HTML is available in an online version and in a downloadable text version for offline use. This page also offers links to translated versions of the Guide. Currently 22 different languages are available.

The Internet Helpdesk
Links to troubleshooting guides for solving internet problems, and helpful internet tutorials and FAQs.

Web publishing

AAAH! YIKES! Free Graphics
Archive of free graphics (buttons and icons) for your webpage.

Copyright Website
This site provides netsurfers, web developers and musicians with practical and relevant information about copyright issues.

desktopPublishing.com
Great resource for everything related to desktop and electronic publishing; this site offers reviews of DTP software, tutorials, design tips, clipart links, links to fonts and graphics resources. There's a special web design section that focuses on web design software and tools.

Dr. Watson
This free service validates HTML, verifies links and checks spelling on your webpages.

GIF Wizard
The GIF Wizard optimizes your web graphics for faster downloading. This is a free service for non-commercial users; a paid subscription is required for commercial use.

Index Dot HTML: THE Advanced HTML Reference
Very comprehensive HTML reference.

The Web Developer's Virtual Library
The WDVL is a well-organised goldmine of tutorials, examples, and links to great resources. It's for webmasters and Internet developers who are creating web sites with HTML, CGI, Java, JavaScript, graphics, VRML, multimedia, animation, etc.

webreference.com
The Webmaster's Reference Library.

WebReview
Tools, techniques and workshops for web developers.

WebSter's Dictionary 2.0
A forms-based gateway to a spell checker for WWW documents. Input a URL and WebSter checks the page for spelling errors.

Programming

Gamelan
Searchable directory of links to thousands of Java applets, Javascripts and Java developer resources.

Selena Sol's Public Domain CGI Script Archive
Large archive of free CGI scripts.

freecode.com
Free programming code repository (C/C++, Java, Perl, or Visual Basic). Featured categories are: CGI scripts, chat/conferencing, database management, e-mail, graphics, HTML authoring, internet protocols, online applications, user interface components, web hosting tools.

Magazines

ZDNet Inter@ctive Week online
The latest internet news, trends and developments.

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