Google ANDROID 2.3.4, User Manual

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Navigating among webpages
You can open links on a webpage, navigate back and forward, and review your
browsing history, just as in any web browser. You can also take advantage of some
shortcuts for working with links and other kinds of information.
Open a link
S
Touch a link to open it.
Links that you touch are highlighted in orange until the webpage they refer to
opens in the window.
Go back and forward among the pages you’ve opened
S Press the Back button.
OR
S Press Menu and touch
Forward
.
View your Browser history
As you browse the web, Browser keeps track of the pages you visit, to help you find
your way back later. “Changing Browser settings” on page 252 describes the setting
that clears your history.
1 Touch the bookmark icon at the top right of the screen.
2 Touch the
History
tab.
You can also press & hold the Back button when viewing a webpage to open
the History tab.
The pages you’ve visited are grouped chronologically. Bookmarked pages have a
gold star. Touch a star to add or remove that page from your bookmarks.
3 Touch a time period to view the pages you’ve visited.
4 Touch & hold a page in the list to open a menu with options for opening the page,
adding it or removing it form you bookmarks, sharing page, removing it from your
history, and so on.
5 Touch a page in the history to reopen it.