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• 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 126.
• X, ƒ (Stop, Reload). Tap X 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 finished 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 breakingnews
site) that changes constantly. Safari redownloads 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.
• ± (Share/Bookmark). When you’re on an especially useful page, tap this
button. It offers three choices: Add Bookmark (page 129), Add to Home
Screen (page 132), or Mail Link to this Page (page 129).
• } (Bookmarks). This button brings up your list of saved bookmarks
(page 129).
• :, ; (Page Juggler). Safari can keep multiple Web pages open, just
like any other browser. Page 138 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 silver metal bezel supporting the screen makes the glass less
tap-sensitive. Aim 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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