November 2021
Beginner
416 pages
12h 35m
English
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Chapter 11
Going on a Mobile Safari
IN THIS CHAPTER
Surfing the Net
Opening and displaying web pages and tabs
Having fun with links, bookmarks, and History lists
Securing Safari
“The internet in your pocket.” That’s what Apple promised the iPhone would bring to the public when the product was announced in January 2007. In the years since, Apple has delivered on that pledge.
Apple was a pioneer in replicating the real-deal internet on a phone. Web pages on an iPhone look like web pages on a Windows PC or Mac, right down to swanky graphics and pictures — and at least some video and web-based games. In this chapter, you find out how to navigate through cyberspace on your iPhone.
Surfin’ Dude
A version of the Apple Safari web browser is a major reason that the Net on the iPhone is very much like the Net you’ve come to expect on a computer. Safari is one of the best browsers in the computer business and, in our view, one of the very best smartphone browsers.
Exploring the browser
We start our cyberexpedition with a quick tour of the Safari browser, which saw significant changes as ...