This document is provided by Netscape for your information only. It may help you take certain steps to protect the privacy and security of your personal information on the Internet. This document does not, however, address all online privacy and security issues, nor does it represent a recommendation by Netscape about what consitutes adequate privacy and security protection on the Internet.

Viewing Page Info

The Page Info dialog box consists of several tabs that display different kinds of information about the page you are viewing. This section provides a brief overview of the information available in each tab.

To view Page Info for the page currently displayed by the browser, open the View menu and choose Page Info. You can then click the tab that corresponds to the kind of information you want to view.

Most of the information displayed by the General, Forms, Links and Media tabs in Page Info is taken from the HTML source for the page. This information is usually of interest only to web developers and other specialists.

For detailed information about HTML, including the tags displayed by Page Info, see the HTML 4.01 Specification.

The Privacy and Security tabs include information about the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) policies of the web site whose page you are viewing and the security status of that page.

In this section:

General Tab

Forms Tab

Links Tab

Media Tab

Security Tab

 

General (Page Info Tab)

When you choose Page Info from the View menu, the General tab displays basic information about the page that you are viewing in the browser.

The top portion displays the the name of the page (if it has one) and the following information:

The bottom portion displays the metatags specified by the page. Metatags provide information about the type of content displayed by a page, such as a general description of the page, keywords for search engines, copyright information, and so on.

 

Forms (Page Info Tab)

When you choose Page Info from the View menu and click the Forms tab, you see information about all the forms displayed by the page you are currently viewing in the browser.

The top portion lists basic information about the way each form in the page is specified in the HTML source:

When you select a form listed in the top portion of the Forms tab, the bottom portion displays detailed information about the way each of of that form's elements is specified in the HTML source:

 

Links (Page Info Tab)

When you choose Page Info from the View menu and click the Links tab, you see a list of all the links available on that page. The following information is displayed for each link:

 

Media (Page Info Tab)

When you choose Page Info from the View menu and click the Media tab, you see a list of all the images and other media elements displayed by the page.

The top portion lists basic information about each element, including its address (URL) and type.

When you select a media element listed in the top portion of the Media tab, the bottom portion displays available information about that element, such as description, size, or dimensions.

You can also see the selected element at the bottom of the dialog box. To see larger images, you need to click the lower-right corner of the Page Info dialog box and drag.

To save a media element as a separate file:

 

Security (Page Info Tab)

When you choose Page Info from the View menu and click the Security tab, you see information about authentication and encryption for the web page you are viewing. The top portion indicates whether the web site's identity has been verified, and the bottom portion describes whether the page was encrypted when it was received by the browser.

You can also open the Security tab directly by clicking the lock icon in the lower-right corner of any browser window.

The top portion of the Security tab can display any of these messages:

The bottom portion of the Security tab can display any of these messages:

Lack of any encryption or lack of strong encryption should be of concern only if you are sending or viewing confidential information, such as your credit card number.

You can quickly check the encryption status of a web page by noting the state of the lock icon at the bottom-right corner of the browser window. For more details, see Checking Security for a Web Page.

 


13 June 2002

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