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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 page 121.
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 selfexplanatory
Uniform Resource Locator.) See page 118.
X, ƒ (Stop, Reload). Click the X button to interrupt the downloading
of a Web page you’ve just requested (if you’ve made a mistake, for
instance, or if it’s taking too long).
Once a page has nished loading, the X button turns into a ƒ 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 Web page (such as a breaking-news
site) that changes constantly. Safari re-downloads the Web page and
reinterprets its text and graphics.
”, ’ (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.
} (Bookmarks). This button brings up your list of saved bookmarks
(page 121).
:, ; (Page Juggler). Safari can keep multiple Web pages open, just
like any other browser. Page 129 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 (” ’ } :).
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 Web pages and then scrolling around
them—have probably sold more people on the iPhone than any other demonstration.
It all happens with a fluid animation, and a responsiveness to your
finger taps, that’s positively addicting. Some people spend all day just zooming
in and out of Web pages on the iPhone, simply because they can.
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