Ten Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts - iPad Mini - page 442

Figure 20-4: Press the Scrubber bar and slide your finger downward to change the scrubbing rate.
As you slide downward, the scrubbing speed changes like magic, and the Scrubber bar moves in
finer and finer increments. Furthermore, the speed is displayed below the Scrubber bar (Half-Speed
Scrubbing in Figure 20-4 ) and updates in real time. So when you slide your finger downward an
inch or so, the speed changes to roughly half-speed scrubbing. Drag another inch or so and it
changes to quarter-speed scrubbing. Keep dragging and it changes to very fine scrubbing. This scrub
trick is easier to do than to explain, so give it a try.
Tricks with Links and E-Mail Addresses
The iPad does something special when it encounters an e-mail address or a URL in e-mail messages.
The iPad interprets character sequences that look like web addresses (URLs), such as ht-
tp://www.websitename.com or www.websitename.com , and any sequences that look
like e-mail addresses, such as [e-mail]. When the iPad sees what it assumes to
be a URL or e-mail address, it makes that text appear as a blue link on your screen.
If you tap a URL or e-mail address like the ones just shown, the iPad launches Safari, takes
you to the appropriate web page for a URL, and starts a new e-mail message for an e-mail
address. So don't bother with copy and paste if you don't have to — tap those blue links, and
the right thing will happen every time.