Figure 7-2: Creating a bookmark.
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To view bookmarks in the Chrome app, tap the Action Overflow icon and choose Bookmarks. You see the Bookmarks screen, which appears in Chrome just like a web page. Tap a folder to browse bookmarks; tap a bookmark to visit that page.
To quickly visit a bookmarked website, just start typing the site’s name in the Address box. Tap the bookmarked site from the matching list of results dis- played below the Address box.
✓The Desktop bookmarks folder lists bookmarks shared with the com- puter version of Chrome. The Mobile Bookmarks folder lists bookmarks you’ve created when using a mobile device. My advice is to save all your bookmarks in the Desktop bookmarks folder.
✓Remove a bookmark by long‐pressing its entry on the Bookmarks screen. Choose the Delete Bookmark action.
✓I confess that bookmarks are easier to manage when using a computer.
✓A great way to find which sites to bookmark is to view the web page his- tory. See the preceding section.
✓Making a favorite web page isn’t the same as saving the page. See the later section “Sharing a web page.”
Managing web pages in multiple tabs
The Chrome app, as well as other tablet web browsers, uses a tabbed inter- face to help you access more than one web page at a time. Refer to Figure 7-1 to see a couple of tabs marching across the Chrome app’s screen, just above the Address box.
You can do various interesting things with tabs:
✓To open a blank tab, tap the blank tab stub to the right of the last open tab, shown in Figure 7-1. You can also tap the Action Overflow icon and choose New Tab.
✓To open a link in another tab, long‐press the link and choose Open in New Tab.
✓To open a bookmark in a new tab, long‐press the bookmark and choose Open in New Tab.
To switch between tabs, tap one. The tab shows the web page title (refer to Figure 7-1).
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To close a tab, tap its Close (X) icon. This action applies to both regular tabs and incognito tabs (covered in the next section).
✓Some web browser apps refer to the tabs as windows.
✓The tabs keep marching across the screen, left to right. Swipe excess tabs left or right to view the ones that don’t appear on the screen.
✓If you close all the tabs, you see a blank screen in the Chrome app. Tap the Add (plus) icon to summon a new tab.
Going incognito
Shhh! For secure browsing, you can open an incognito tab: Tap the Action Overflow icon and choose New Incognito Tab. The incognito tab takes over the screen, changing the look of the Chrome app and offering a description page.
When you go incognito, the web browser doesn’t track your history, leave cookies, or provide other evidence of which web pages you’ve visited.
It doesn’t prevent viruses or sophisticated snooping software.
To switch between incognito tabs and regular tabs, tap the Incognito icon in the upper right corner of the Chrome app’s screen, as shown in the margin.
Some web browser apps show this icon as a set of overlapping rectangles.
Searching in and on the web
The handiest way to find things on the web is to use the Google Now app, covered in Chapter 14. You can also use the Google Search widget on the Home screen. If it’s not there, refer to Chapter 18 for information on adding widgets to the Home screen.
While you’re using the web browser app, type search text into the Address bar. Or you can visit any number of search engines, of which Google would most enjoy you choosing Google.
To locate text on a web page, tap the Action Overflow icon and choose Find in Page. As you type the search text, matches appear on the screen. Use the up and down chevrons to page through the document. Tap the Back naviga- tion icon when you’ve finished searching.
Sharing a web page
There it is! That web page you just have to talk about to everyone you know.
The gauche way to share the page is to copy and paste it. Because you’re
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reading this book, though, you know the better way to share a web page.
Heed these steps: