Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
If you haven't moved it, it's a member of the Fantastic Four on the Dock (along with Mail,
Videos, and Music). Chapter
1
introduces the Home screen.
3.
Begin typing the web address, or
URL,
on the virtual keyboard that slides up from the
bottom of the screen.
4.
Do one of the following:
•
To accept one of the bookmarked (or other) sites that show up in the list, merely
tap the name.
Safari automatically fills in the URL in the address field and takes you where you
want to go.
•
Keep tapping the proper keyboard characters until you enter the complete web
address for the site you have in mind and then tap the Go key on the right side of
the keyboard.
You don't need to type
www
at the beginning of a URL. So, if you want to visit
www.theonion.com
(for example), typing
theonion.com
is sufficient to transport you to
the humor site. For that matter, Safari can take you to this site even if you type
theonion
without the
.com
.
Because Safari on the mini runs a variation of the iPhone mobile operating system,
every so often you may run into a site that serves up the light, or mobile, version of a web-
site, sometimes known as a
WAP site
. Graphics may be stripped down on these sites. Alas,
the producers of these sites may be unwittingly discriminating against you for dropping in on
them using an iPad. In fact, you may be provided a choice of which site you want — the light
or the full version. Bravo! If not, you have our permission to berate these site producers with
letters, e-mails, and phone calls until they get with the program.
Zoom, zoom, zoom
If you know how to open a web page (if you don't, read the preceding section in this chapter), we
can show you how radically simple it is to zoom in on pages so that you can read what you want to
read and see what you want to see, without enlisting a magnifying glass.
