Tuesday, 10 December 2013
safari, the iPad
default web browser is
default web browser is
a window to the world of delights the
internet has to offer. it is the browser
that will open when you click on a link
email or within any app on your iPad and you
cannot change this even if you download an
alternative browser
with the release dos 7 the Safari app
has undergone a series of changes so as to
become even easier to use. whereas there
used to be separate a separate URL bar
and search engine, now they have been
integrated into one ombar which means
that you can type in URs if you know them
or simply bash in keywords to search for
Clever cloud integration also means that the
pages that you have open on other devices,
such as your iPhone or Mac, will be accessible
on your iPad simply by tapping on the cloud
icon in the top-right corner. Also at the top
ofthe interface are navigational buttons to
make it easier to go back and forth between
webpages and a share button to allow you
to send a URL via email, SMS, Twitter and
Facebook. You are not limited to having only
one website open at a time either Multiple
tabs can be opened using the icon in the
top right-hand corner these tabs will also be
accessible on all your other devices via Cloud
Tabs and you can tick between these tabs by
tapping on them at the top ofthe window or
close them by tapping on the small X icons
to the right ofthe opened tab
The book icon in the top-right corner
allows you to access your bookmarked sites
Check out pages that you have added to your
Reading List (which can be saved to read
offline whenever you want to and check up
on all ofthe latest tweets from the folks you
follow in Twitter a new feature in osn.
A few minor changes in Safari have
certainly gone a long way to make an alread
intuitive web browsing app even easier to use
