Getting on the Web
The PS Vita has a pre-installed web browser, but before you can get online, you’ll need to set up internet access. Kiyoshi Ota / Getty Images
Using Multiple Windows
The browser app doesn’t have tabs, but you can have up to eight separate browser windows open at once. There are two ways to open a new window. If you want to open a page for which you know the URL or start a new search in a separate window, tap the Windows icon in the right-hand column, third from the top (it looks like stacked squares, with the top one having a + in it). Then select the rectangle with the + in it from the screen that appears. The other way to open a new window is by opening a link on an existing page in a new window. Touch and hold the link you want to open in a separate window until a menu appears, then select Open in New Window. To switch between open windows, select the Windows icon, then select the window you wish to view from the screen that appears. You can close windows from here by selecting the X in the top left corner of each window icon, or you can close a window when it is active by selecting the X at the top of the screen, just to the right of the address bar.
Other Browser Functions
To add a web page to your bookmarks, tap the Options icon (the one in the bottom right with … on it), select Add Bookmark, and then OK. Visiting a previously bookmarked page is as simple as tapping the favorites icon (the heart at the bottom of the right-hand column) and selecting the appropriate link. To organize your bookmarks tap the favorites icon then Options. You can also save images from web pages to your memory card by touching and holding on the image until a menu appears. Select Save Image and then Save. Naturally, with such a tiny screen, you need to be able to zoom in and out. You can do this by pinching your finger apart on the screen to zoom in, and pinching your fingers together to zoom out. Or you can double-tap the area you want to zoom in on. Double-tap again to zoom back out.
Limits
While you can use the web browser while playing a game or watching a video, the display of some of the web content will be limited. This is probably an issue of memory and processor power. So if you plan to do a lot of browsing, it’s best to quit out of your game or video first. If you want to look something up quickly without quitting what you’re doing, though, you can. However, you cannot watch videos on the web while you have a game running in the background.
