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iPhone Tip: Tap and hold on a link for a description popup



Safari on the iPhone might be slightly limited in some areas (for example: you can't double-tap contacts in Meebo to begin a chat), but we're discovering all sorts of useful goodies that I don't remember Jobs or the Apple videos ever highlighting. In this screenshot of my iPhone (sorry I couldn't snap a better quality pic), I've tapped and held my finger on a link in Safari, which invoked this handy popup with the name of the linked page, as well as the actual URL. This is a very useful way of translating the typical status bar UI in desktop browsers so it is still accessible on the iPhone for the times you need it, and yet it doesn't take up any valuable real estate during most of the times you don't.

Safari on the iPhone might be slightly limited in some areas (for example: you can't double-tap contacts in Meebo to begin a chat), but...
 

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jsapero

Another tip: When filling in text fields in Safari, and you misspell a word (such as an email address), tap and hold your finger on the field - a small magnifying glass will pop up and allow you to move the cursor to where you need to edit the text. This works best in portrait view

September 19 2007 at 2:22 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mal

while we are on tips, I haven't seen a tip on easy deletes yet - I only discovered it myself recently.

If you are in mail (inbox) or ipod video view all you need to do is slide your finger from right to left and the delete button shows up!

No more having to hit edit in mail inbox or skip to the end of a video to delete!

Might be worth mentioning on the tips

August 29 2007 at 2:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kyle

The same feature is in OS X if you click on the link and drag a little, the same look and everything

July 02 2007 at 3:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
CeriumCV

Not exactly used to the keyboard yet if you can tell. Heh.

July 02 2007 at 2:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
CeriumCV

Using the iPhone is the real world is so strange because it makes life so much easier. I'm being honest too. Can no longer really live without it.

Also when you hit a drop own menu on a website, a very clear and intuitive selection menu pops up. Its the little things.

July 02 2007 at 2:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Chris

LOL @ Johnny Dangerously

July 01 2007 at 8:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
David Chartier

#3: As far as we can tell, there's no way to do this. Sorry.

On the bright side, iSafari seems to open new tabs for any links that actually specify opening in a new tab; so you can't do it manually yourself, but iSafari will do it when instructed.

July 01 2007 at 8:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lgc90

Can anybody PLEASE tell me how to open a link in a new "page" (tab) with the iPhone?

July 01 2007 at 7:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Johnny Dangerously

Nice pube there on your screen... ;-)

July 01 2007 at 7:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
KeynoteKen

Great for knowing where you're going before you click. ;)

July 01 2007 at 7:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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