The Web
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(Add Bookmark). When you're on a page that you might want to visit
again later, bookmark it by tapping this button. Details on page121.
Address bar. This empty white box is where you enter the
URL
(Web
address) for a page you want to visit. (URL is short for the even less self-
explanatory Uniform Resource Locator.) See page 118.
X
,
(Stop, Reload).Click the
X
button to interrupt the download-
ing of a Webpage you've just requested (if you've made a mistake, for
instance, or if it's taking too long).
Once a page has finished loading, the
X
button turns into a
button.
Click this circular arrow if a page doesn't look or work quite right, or if you
want to see the updated version of a Webpage (such as a breaking-news
site) that changes constantly. Safari re-downloads the Webpage and
reinterprets its text andgraphics.
"
,
'
(Back, Forward).Tap the
"
button to revisit the page you were
just on.
Once you've tapped
"
,you can then tap the
'
button to return to the
page you were on
before
you tapped the
"
button.
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(Bookmarks).This button brings up your list of saved bookmarks
(page121).
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,
;
(Page Juggler).Safari can keep multiple Webpages open, just like
any other browser. Page129 has the details.
When you're holding the iPhone the wide way (landscape orientation), you may
have trouble tapping the buttons at the bottom of the screen(
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}
:
).
That's because the chrome metal bezel supporting the screen makes the glass
less tap-sensitive. aim your taps slightly higher, away from the chrome, for better
results.
Zooming and Scrolling
These two gestures--zooming in on Webpages and then scrolling around
them--have probably sold more people on the iPhone than any other dem-
onstration. It all happens with a fluid animation, and a responsiveness to your
fingertaps, that's positively addicting. Some people spend all day just zoom-
ing in and out of Webpages on the iPhone, simply because they can.
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