32 Getting Started
1.6 Navigating Your Device
There are different ways you can navigate and interact with the interface of
your device.
Finger-touch control
A quick and easy way to interact with the home screen and the whole
interface of your device is by touch. Basically, the following are the types of
actions, called finger gestures, you would use when interacting with your
device:
Touch or tap
When selecting items on the screen, such as the Home screen tabs, Start
menu, programs and settings icons, and large on-screen buttons, simply
touch them with your finger. Apply some pressure with your finger pad
when touching an item on the screen.
Tapping means to touch lightly and quickly with your finger pad or
fingertip. On screens that display smaller-size items, you can more
accurately select an item by tapping it with your fingertip.
Swipe
To swipe means to drag your finger vertically or horizontally across the
screen. The following are some instances when you would use swiping:
Flipping on the Home screen
Swipe your finger vertically to flip through favourite contacts,
messages, music albums, photos, and more. For more information,
see “Using the TouchFLO 3D Home Screen” in Chapter 3.
Scrolling
When browsing the contacts list, web pages, documents, and certain
selection lists on the Home screen (such as the All Programs list),
slowly swipe your finger vertically across the screen to scroll. This
allows you to scroll by page and to view the content or available
selections as you scroll.
The direction of swiping resembles the way you move a printed
document as you are reading it. For detailed instructions, see “Finger
scrolling” in Chapter 3.
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