Although computers have changed dramatically over the past 20 years, moving from large boxes to light laptops, tablets and touch-screen smartphones, the web browsers we use to surf the internet have roughly remained the same. Of course there are now browsers optimized for browsing the internet from a touchscreen with tabs to visit multiple sites simultaneously, but the results are often disappointing, because the things you do on a laptop or desktop PC are different from that that is done on a tablet or smartphone.
For this reason Opera, one of the major browser developers, has decided to revolutionize internet browsing on iPad and iPhone by releasing the Coast application , a browser optimized for the touchscreen, which radically changes the way we see websites.
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As the name suggests, Opera TOuch does not want the user to browse the internet by standing in the middle like a boat in the middle of the sea, but that he sits on the coast and looks at the sea (i.e. the web) all together without using boats.
The application shows the address and search bar and puts your favorite websites as tiles on the screen hiding most of the options.
Touching one of the tiles, for example by opening Navigaweb.net, this blog opens in full screen, without address bars or other options .
Scrolling down the page updates the content while touching the tiny group of nine white squares at the bottom center of the screen returns to the main screen.
By touching the line of three white squares at the bottom right you can scroll sideways through all the open tabs.
With this way of looking at the internet, without tabs and other options, according to Opera the experience becomes much more relaxing and comfortable, taking full advantage of the touchscreen.
If you want to search for a specific term or site, just type in the search bar on the main Coast screen.
The app will offer auto-complete suggestions through Google or present new clickable tiles and tiles for websites found by the search engine.
The most innovative feature of Touch is the lack of buttons to go back and forth between the websites and web pages you visit.
With a vision completely oriented to the touchscreen, in Opera Touch you can scroll the web pages by swiping your finger to the right or left .
Finally, from the hidden icon at the bottom right of the screen you can share the web page displayed.
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