When you go to your Bookmarks, you see two more ways to browse sites that you’ve been to before—“Most visited” and History. The NOOK Tablet keeps track of sites you’ve visited, and puts these two lists together based on that. They’re great ways, in addition to Bookmarks, to head back to sites you’ve visited before without having to type—or even remember—the web addresses. The “Most visited” list shows the sites you’ve visited most often, with the most visited sites at the top. The History list shows all the sites you’ve visited, in the order you’ve visited them—today, yesterday, and so on. Just tap the corresponding tab to see the list.
The lists are scrollable, so flick through them to see more lists off the bottom of the screen.
The “Most visited” list works much like the Bookmarks list—tap the site you want to visit and you immediately get sent there. You’ll notice one difference between these lists and the Bookmarks list: The sites all have stars to the right of them, some gold, some gray. A gold star indicates that the site is on your Bookmarks list. Tapping a gray star adds that site to your Bookmarks (and turns the star gold). To remove a site from your Bookmarks list, tap a gold star. It turns gray, and the site gets removed from your Bookmarks list. Whenever you add or remove a site from your Bookmarks list in this way, you’ll get a brief onscreen notification.
Just as with Bookmarks, you can edit and manage the “Most visited” list. Hold your finger on the site you want to edit or manage, and a menu appears, similar to the one you see when you hold your finger on a site in Bookmarks.
The lists are nearly identical, with a few minor differences:
Add bookmark is included in the “Most visited” menu so you can add the site to Bookmarks. It’s easier to simply tap the gray button to do this, but if you like your NOOK so much that you enjoy holding your finger on it, you can do it this way as well.
Remove from history removes a site from the “Most visited” list as well as from your History list.
Note
If you press and hold a site in your “Most visited” list that’s in your Bookmarks list, you’ll have the option of removing it from Bookmarks as well.
If you want to clear out your entire “Most visited” list and History list, tap “Clear history” at the bottom of the screen.
The history list is organized slightly differently from the other two lists—you can see the sites you’ve visited in groups—Today, Yesterday, Last Seven Days, Last Month, and so on. Tap the button next any of the groups, and the group expands so you can see all the pages you visited today, for example. Tap it again and the list collapses.
As with the “Most visited” list, tap a star next to a site to add it to your Bookmarks, and the star turns gold. Tap a gold star to remove it from your Bookmarks, and the star turns gray. Tap any site to get the same set of options that you do when you hold your finger on the site in the “Most visited” list. You can also clear your history by tapping the “Clear history” button at the bottom of the screen.