I’m embarrassed to tell you this, but when I first started using my iPad I had trouble with swiping. After all, I’d been using and teaching others to navigate the iPod Touch for years. Turns out it was precisely because of this small screen experience that I had trouble on the bigger screen of the iPad. On the iPod Touch I’d generally used a big swipe across the surface of the screen to navigate. On the iPad, only small swipes (smipes?) or flicks are required. These flicks also work well near the edges of the screen where your thumbs rest naturally. In apps such as iBooks, you don’t even need to flick. Just tap or touch the left or right edge with your thumbs to flip pages.
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Posted on 13 July 2010
Tags: navigation, tip
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Dr. Andy Brovey, The Portable Prof, has over twenty-five years experience in educational technology, including teaching, administration and professional development. In 2007, Apple Inc. recognized his work and named him an Apple Distinguished Educator. Andy now runs a professional development business, working on site and online to help others make sense and make use of digital tools. He started the iPad Academy blog shortly after the first iPad went on sale, and is the author of the self-published eBook - iPad Academy: Tips, Tricks and Clever Techniques. He also created and directs the iPad Academy Master Class, an online video training series to help others become more comfortable and competent with the iPad. Video Message from Andy
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Topics: iPad Tips & Tutorials