Palm PRE 2 User Manual page 22

• When the screen is off, the lighted bar pulses when a notification arrives
and continues to pulse until you tap the notification or turn on the screen
(see Get notifications when the screen is locked or
Tap
Tap with the tip of the finger, not the fingernail. Tap fast and firmly, and then
immediately lift your fingertip off the screen. Don't bear down on what
you're tapping. Don't wait for a response; the response comes after you lift
your finger. Don't linger on the gesture; a tap takes a split second to do.
Tap the center of the gesture area to do the following:
• When you're working in an application, tap the center of the gesture area
to see Card view. Card view shows you all the applications that are
currently open, displayed as a series of cards (small windows).
• When you're in Card view, tap the center of the gesture area to maximize
the app in the center of the view.
Swipe
A swipe is most often a horizontal gesture, from right to left or left to right.
Do it fast, do it lightly. In a swipe, your fingertip just skims the surface of the
touchscreen or gesture area.
One kind of swipe you'll use a lot: back. Make the back gesture from right to
left anywhere in the gesture area. Back takes you up one level from a
detailed view to a more general view of the application you're working in.
For example, when you finish reading an email message, make the back
gesture to close the message and return to your list of messages. Or when
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you finish writing a memo, make the back gesture to close and save the
memo and return to the display of all your memos. When you make the
back gesture in an application and that's the only screen of that app that's
open, you minimize the app and go back to Card view.
In Web, the back gesture performs the same function as the back button on
the browser, allowing you to move back through previously viewed pages.
The forward gesture, available in Web only, is a swipe from left to right
anywhere in the gesture area. The forward gesture allows you to move
forward through previously viewed web pages.
Drag
Drag is the gesture you make for a slow scroll up and down, such as in a list,
in a document, or on a web page. Slide your fingertip slowly along the
surface—no need to bear down.
Drag an item: Tap and hold the item, drag it, and then lift your finger to
drop it. You get a visual cue that the item is ready to be dragged. For
example, an icon in the Launcher is ready to be dragged when you see a