November 2011
Beginner to intermediate
358 pages
11h 43m
English
Content preview from iPad 2: The Missing Manual, 3rd Edition
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Chapter 4. Surf the Web
Sure, you can surf the Web on a smartphone, but odds are you strain your neck and squint your eyes to read the tiny screen, even when you zoom in for a closer look. For most people, microbrowsing is fine on a train or waiting in line at the cineplex, but who wants to do that in a coffee shop, campus library, or on the couch?
Browsing the Web on an iPad eliminates the old strain ‘n’ squint. Its 10-inch screen shows you pretty much a whole web page at once. And forget mouse-clicking—the iPad uses a touch-sensitive version of Apple’s Safari browser, so your fingers do the walking around the Web. You jump from link to link with a tap, and zoom in on pages with a two-finger spread.
The latest version of mobile Safari, the one that arrived in October 2011, is the fastest and most versatile iOS browser yet. In iOS 5, Safari displays web pages more quickly than ever before—and brings tabbed browsing, clutter-free pages, and a save-it-to-read-later feature to the tablet.
From the basics of tablet-style browsing to tips on web security, this chapter gives you the grand tour of Safari on the iPad, your wide-open window to the World Wide Web.
Take a Safari Tour
The iPad makes it easy to get to the Web—just tap the Safari icon on your Home screen (circled). The first time you open the browser, you see an empty window, ready to host web pages. Tap the address bar so the iPad ...
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