UI Improvement for Scrolling in iPhone 2.0 Software
From the iPhone 3G guided tour video, which also notes improvements owners of the current iPhone will see in the iPhone 2.0 software: “When you’re at the bottom of a long web page, a list of contacts, an SMS conversation, or your inbox, just tap the status bar to jump to the top” (at 9:28).
“Status bar” refers to the bar at the top of the screen with the clock, data network indicator, phone service indicator, &c. This is a welcome improvement; I’ve found myself doing a lot of scrolling on web pages in MobileSafari when one “flick” is not enough to bring me back to the top. (And the top is where a user needs to go to enter a new URL or search term.)
Update: rit notes that this works in MobileSafari with the current iPhone software. It does not seem to work elsewhere (SMS conversations, mailboxes, contact lists) yet.