In this chapter you learn how to interact with web pages directly through touch, scrolling, zooming, saving, and more. You also learn how to save a web page to the Home screen and work with online forms.

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Surfing the Web on Your iPad

In a recent hit movie, The Adjustment Bureau, the “adjusters” of the title use a kind of magic book to track the progress of individuals’ fates in the sectors for which they’re responsible. The book is alive, changing, and updating as circumstances dictate. That magic book looks an awful lot like an iPad.

Using the Web via touchscreen is somehow more personal and more involving than using it on a personal computer. The large screen of the iPad really brings the Web to life, giving it added breadth and depth. ...

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