Chapter 15 Using Palm™ Web Browser264If you set the option to display web pages already in memory, you are on occasionlikely to see a web page with a banner that says something like, “This content isX days old.” This banner informs you that instead of connecting to the Internet,Palm Web Browser is displaying a page from memory. Of course, you can refreshthe page anytime. You can also have Palm Web Browser display a confirmationdialog box so that you must manually accept every connection made to theInternet.Palm Web Browser is securePalm Web Browser uses advanced encryption technology from Certicom.Encryption makes your data unreadable by anyone but the intended recipient.This encryption technology is used to secure the transmission of sensitiveinformation, such as credit card numbers, e-mail messages, and passwords. Datais protected both when sent from your handheld over the network and whencoming in from the Internet directly to your handheld. For more information aboutCerticom’s encryption technology, visit the Certicom web site: www.certicom.com.When a wireless transaction is secured, the command button that initiates thetransaction is marked by the security icon, which looks like a key:It’s not unusual to experience an additional delay of several seconds when atransaction is being encrypted.What Palm Web Browser looks likeWhen you start Palm Web Browser for the first time, the following screen—thedefault home page—appears:The Palm Web Browser screen has three parts: The title bar displays the name of the current web page. The action icons let you navigate in the browser, refresh pages, and look at yourlists of favorite pages.Security iconTitle barAction iconsWeb content
