The address bar is the box at the top of the browser where you type the URL of the website you want to visit. To type a URL into the address bar, first tap the text box in the bar. The current URL gets highlighted in green. To delete the current URL, tap the X that appears on the right side of the screen. However, when the URL is green, you don’t really need to do that, since when you start typing, the current URL vanishes and is replaced by what you type.
Then use the keyboard to type an address. As you type, the NOOK displays sites you’ve visited that match the letters you type. So when you type the letter C, for example, it might display Computerworld.com, CNN.com, and so on. It may be a very long list.
As you continue to type, the list narrows down and matches only those sites that match the letters you’re typing. So if you type com, cnn.com no longer appears on your list, but computerworld.com does. When you see the site you want to visit, just tap its listing; you head straight there. If there’s no match on the list, you have to type the entire URL. After you type the URL, tap the Go button to the right of the address bar or on the keyboard.
You may find it easier to type URLs if you rotate the NOOK 90 degrees. That way, the keys are much larger, and you’ll be able to see more of the URL as you type. When you type this way, matching sites and terms show up in boxes just above the keyboard, rather than in a list.
Tip
Don’t bother to type the http:// part of a web address. The NOOK knows to put that in for you. You must, however, type the .com or other ending, such as .edu. After you’ve typed the address, tap the Go button to the right of the address bar or on the keyboard, and you head to the page.
You can also use the address bar to search the Web. Just type your search term, but don’t add a .com ending. Your browser searches the Web for the term using Google.
When you head to a page, a small green progress bar appears just above the address bar, showing you how much of the page has been loaded, and indicating how much is left to go. An X also appears in the place of the Bookmark icon. Tap the X if you want to stop loading the page.