Is Safari always running?

Question

I found this question answered before but it wasn't really clear. Couple of questions:
1 - is Safari always running? In other words, do you exit out of it somehow instead of just pressing the home button?
2 - my battery life is very poor. It seems to drain immediately when I use Safari for a few minutes of checking Ebay auction status. From what I've read from other users, they've watched movies and listened to music for hours before it drains. I'm afraid to spend 10 minutes on Safari! Should I try to exchange my battery?
3 - is there some way to put another icon on the "desktop"? i.e. if you wanted a direct button to connect to something else besides the ones that come on it originally?

Answer 1

safari is always running unless you hard close it.i think thats what its called.all you have to do is when you are using an app like safari you need to hold down the home button for like 6secs until it goes back to the main screen.when you use anything like ipod,mail,safari and just push the home button it does not close it,it runs in the background.so to save battery just hold it down for 6secs and it will close everything.hope this helps