1. A method for facilitating navigation in an electronic document comprising: displaying at least a portion of a page in a first section of the electronic document on a display screen of an electronic device; detecting simultaneous multiple touches on a touch sensitive surface of the electronic device; detecting a gesture comprised of the movement of the simultaneous multiple touches; interpreting the detected gesture as a command to navigate to a second section of the electronic document; and displaying at least a portion of a first page in the second section of the electronic document in response to the detection and interpretation of the gesture.