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Open Links In A New Page

Submitted by Michael Johnston on November 5, 2009 - 11:00am.
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Ever since my first iPhone, there was always one feature I thought Safari was lacking; the ability to open links in a new page. I mean, Safari for iPhone let you have multiple pages open, but there was never a way to explicitly open a link in a new page! Every competent desktop browser can do this. Thankfully this feature was finally added in iPhone 3.0. To make it work, simply tap and hold a link to bring up a nice little dialogue which allows you to open the link in a new page. Hooray, perfect for Google searching across multiple sites!

As an added bonus, because 3.0 lets you copy and paste, you can even copy a link for pasting later in the same way. Awesome.

Not so new

Submitted by rgspb on November 5, 2009 - 12:00pm.
I'm pretty sure I remember doing this on my very first 1G iPhone.

Submitted by WmH2 on November 5, 2009 - 12:12pm.
I was so happy to see this on 3.0! This was higher on my wish list than copy/paste. Though I do have to admit, I use copy/paste all the time.

Actually 3.0 included all of my wish list items, and I have had an iPhone send the second day they were out (Saturday June 30, 2007 @ 10:10am CT, but who is keeping track???)...
  • Bluetooth headphones
  • syncing calendars with Yahoo
  • open web pages in other pannels

Good feature and unknown before

Submitted by hawaiicop on November 5, 2009 - 1:11pm.
Thanks for letting us know about the feature that was unknown before.

Submitted by Michael Johnston on November 5, 2009 - 1:31pm.
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Originally Posted by rgspb View Post
I'm pretty sure I remember doing this on my very first 1G iPhone.
Nope, before 3.0 it'd just show a little black bubble that says "action."

Submitted by seopositive2 on November 11, 2009 - 5:46am.
Very nice tip i also use this on my ipode.