i am a newbie. still going through the forum and hope to move up soon.
what do you mean by browsing offline.
He browsed the website but did NOT log in. Then, he could read everything (or almost), but could not write any post.
Well, that's really subjective, and you don't have to follow that direction if you don't find it fit. It's fine for newbies to read a lot and write some, as long as their posts are useful to other members.