The Web
The Address bar is the strip at the top of the screen where you type in a Web
page's address. And it so happens that
three
of the iPhone's greatest tips and
shortcuts all have to do with this important navigational tool:
Insta-scroll to the top. You can jump directly to the Address bar, no
matter how far down a page you've scrolled, jus tby tapping the very top
edge of the screen (on the statusbar). That" tap the top" trick is timely,
too, when a Website
hides
the Addressbar.
Don't delete. There
is
a
button at the right end of the Addressbar,
whose purpose is to erase the entire current address so you can type
another one. (Tap inside the Addressbar to make it, and the keyboard,
appear.) But the
button is for suckers.
Instead, whenever the Address is open for typing,
just type
.
Forget that
there's already a URL there--just start typing. The iPhone is smart enough
tofigureoutthatyouwantto
replace
that Web address with a new one.
Don't type http://www or .com. Safari is smart enough to know that
most Web addresses use that format--so you can leave all that stuff out,
and it will supply them automatically. Instead of
http://www.cnn.com
,
for
example, you can just type
cnn
and hit Go.(If it's. net,.org, or any other
suffix, you have to type it.)
Otherwise, this Addressbar works just like the one in any other Webbrowser.
Tap inside it to make the keyboard appear. (If the Address bar is hidden, tap
the top edge of the iPhone screen.)
The Safari Keyboard
In Safari, the keyboard works just as described on page 20, with three
exceptions.
First,Safari is the only spot on the iPhone where you can
rotate
the keyboard
into landscape orientation, as shown on the next page. This is a big deal; when
it's stretched out th ewide way, you ge tmuch bigger ,broader keys,and typ-
ing is much easier and faster. Just remember to rotate the iPhone
before
you
tap into the Address bar or textbox; once the keyboard is on the screen, you
can't rotate the image.
Second, there are nospaces allowed in Internet addresses; therefore,in the
spot usually reserved fo rthe Space bar, this keyboard has three keys for things
that
do
appear often in Webaddresses: period,/,and".com." These nifty special
keys make typing Web addresses a lot faster (below,left).
Third, tap the blue G okey when you're finished typing the address. That's your
Enter key.(Or ta pDone to hide the keyboard
without
"pressing Enter.")
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