Method and apparatus for accessing information through a user friendly interface

A method of providing information to a user on a data access device, said method comprising:

• generating an image on said data access device of a user familiar environment composed of image elements, said user familiar environment being composed of objects associated with information, each of said image elements corresponding to one of said objects to suggest to the user access to corresponding information;
• selecting one of said image elements by the user;
• retrieving information by said data access device;
• providing information associated with the selected one image element.

A user friendly Internet interface comprising:

• a web browser;
• a software that generates for the user an image of a friendly environment formed of objects and composed of image elements, each image element corresponding to one of said objects, said image elements being selectable by the user to obtain information;
• and
• a data base of URL addresses and accessible to said web browser in association with the selection of one of said image elements.