check this out:
http://is.med.ohio-state.edu/present/sld001.htm
2006-06-13 22:58:38
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answered by 'Schmod 5
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Your intranet and your public website on the open Internet are two different information spaces and should have two different user interface designs. It is tempting to try to save design resources by reusing a single design, but it is a bad idea to do so because the two types of site differ along several dimensions:
Users differ. Intranet users are your own employees who know a lot about the company, its organizational structure, and special terminology and circumstances. Your Internet site is used by customers who will know much less about your company and also care less about it.
The tasks differ. The intranet is used for everyday work inside the company, including some quite complex applications; the Internet site is mainly used to find out information about your products.
The type of information differs. The intranet will have many draft reports, project progress reports, human resource information, and other detailed information, whereas the Internet site will have marketing information and customer support information.
The amount of information differs. Typically, an intranet has between ten and a hundred times as many pages as the same company's public website. The difference is due to the extensive amount of work-in-progress that is documented on the intranet and the fact that many projects and departments never publish anything publicly even though they have many internal documents.
Bandwidth and cross-platform needs differ. Intranets often run between a hundred and a thousand times faster than most Internet users' Web access which is stuck at low-band or mid-band, so it is feasible to use rich graphics and even multimedia and other advanced content on intranet pages. Also, it is sometimes possible to control what computers and software versions are supported on an intranet, meaning that designs need to be less cross-platform compatible (again allowing for more advanced page content).
Most basically, your intranet and your website are two different information spaces. They should look different in order to let employees know when they are on the internal net and when they have ventured out to the public site. Different looks will emphasize the sense of place and thus facilitate navigation. Also, making the two information spaces feel different will facilitate an understanding of when an employee is seeing information that can be freely shared with the outside and when the information is internal and confidential.
An intranet design should be much more task-oriented and less promotional than an Internet design. A company should only have a single intranet design, so users only have to learn it once. Therefore it is acceptable to use a much larger number of options and features on an intranet since users will not feel intimidated and overwhelmed as they would on the open Internet where people move rapidly between sites. (I know of a frighteningly large number of companies with multiple intranet homepages and multiple intranet styles: Step 1 is to get rid of that in favor of a unified intranet.)
An intranet will need a much stronger navigational system than an Internet site because it has to encompass a larger amount of information. In particular, the intranet will need a navigation system to facilitate movement between servers, whereas a public website only needs to support within-site navigation.
2006-06-14 05:58:13
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answered by Shakeel 6
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The Internet is a worldwide network of smaller networks available to the general public. It is composed of Interent Service Providers, government agencies, non-profit organizations, companies, social communities, and individuals.
An intranet is a smaller network of networks than the Internet with other differences. Run by one or a few entities, it may or may not ecompass the globe, it is generally not available to the public, there is usually a more focused goal in mind for the existence of such a network.
2006-06-14 06:06:17
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answered by Jack of all PC trades 1
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Internet is the entire web. Intranet is within a closed network i.e., a school district or company. It is used for internal use only.
2006-06-14 09:36:23
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answered by t1p12s51 1
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Internet is www sites and you can access all over the world with out passwords ,,,,,
Intranet is like ur local area connection which is networked office to office or inside office.... You need to use VPN inorder to access this sites from outside...
2006-06-14 05:59:29
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answered by Sandy 2
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Internet: An interconnected system of networks that connects computers around the world via the TCP/IP protocol.
Intranet: A privately maintained computer network that can be accessed only by authorized persons, especially members or employees of the organization that owns it.
2006-06-14 05:57:49
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answered by Anonymous
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seach for chat within home. is intranet
if u go out of ur home..for chat. that is internet..
thats all.
2006-06-14 05:57:55
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answered by Raju.K.M 5
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