iPad For Dummies, 10th Edition

Chapter 4

Going on a Mobile Safari

IN THIS CHAPTER

Navigating the web

Searching the World Wide Web

Securing Safari

You feel like you’re holding the web right in the palm of your hand.

Sure, that's something Apple might say, but there's a lot of truth behind it. The spectacular Retina display, which was introduced with the third-generation iPad, in combination with Apple's snappy AX family of chips makes browsing on Apple’s tablets an absolute delight. With the 64-bit A10X Fusion chip and embedded M10 coprocessor in the newest iPad Pro models, browsing on an iPad has never been better.

In this chapter, you discover the pleasures — and the few roadblocks — in navigating cyberspace on your iPad.

Surfin’ Dude

The Apple Safari web browser is a major reason that the Internet on the iPad is very much like the Internet you’ve come to expect on a more traditional computer. Come to think of it, the Internet often looks a lot better on iPads with the striking Retina display. And the screens on iPad models without the Retina display aren’t too shabby either. Safari for the Mac and for Windows are two of the very best web browsers in the business. In our view, Safari on the iPhone has no rival ...