But Apple neglects to reflect the different work modes, and limits macOS by designing around the limitations of i(Pad)OS
SAFARI TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW TABS MAC
shopping for vacuum cleaners on a mac you’d not necessarily have a tab for each vacuum cleaner you research but a window for each of them, so you can compare them side by side, a possibility that under i(Pad)OS is impossible/severely limited, which is one of many reasons iPadOS isn’t a very productive environment to work in, unless you do very specialized, one-track-minded work.
Similarly “tab groups”: great feature for i(Pad)OS, but for macOS it would need to be “tab AND window groups”, because e.g. So unless you essentially disable the toolbar by removing all buttons, you can’t properly work with the unified tab bar under macOS. It was a half-baked decision to bring it over to macOS, because in macOS there’s also the toolbar.
Haha, the unified tab bar was clearly designed for i(Pad)OS, where it works reasonably well. If someone at Apple is being extra stubborn on something the change will stay until the next major version of i/mac/iPadOS. Getting used to it being in the way is like getting used to having a thorn in your finger, why should people get used to a design that is a regression?Either way it has been widely panned but they're still continuing with it, so not sure Apple is listening to tech pundits at all.Īpple has always made big changes in the early developer betas and depending on the pushback they get, they usually tone them down a bit but not always. iOS Safari's new address bar at the bottom is better than it was in previous betas for example but is still in the way of content way too much. I'm not saying Apple shouldn't listen to outside opinions at all, but what's the right balance?Ĭhange for the sake of change isn't always good. Think of all the decisions and designs Apple has made that were initially panned by tech pundits, even by those that were loyal to Apple. Getting used to a new way of doing things always takes time, but tech pundits have a perverse incentive to complain loudly and quicker than the other guy. I'm starting to worry that Apple is listening to the tech pundits too much. Safari Technology Preview 128 can be downloaded from Apple's developer webpage. Those who prefer the condensed Safari interface can enable it in the app's settings menu.Īlso included in today's Safari Technology Preview are new features like Live Text, passkeys in iCloud Keychain, and support for WebGL 2. Tab Groups, a feature that helps users organize open tabs, is also included. Those adjustments were incorporated into last week's macOS Monterey beta release and are also offered in today's Safari Technology Preview. The changes were confusing for some testers, leading Apple to revert some of the more drastic graphical modifications back to something closer to Safari's current design. Apple put an emphasis on a space-saving GUI, moving page refresh and sharing buttons into a drop-down menu nestled within each tab. In initial versions of the next-generation browser included with early macOS Monterey beta releases, tabs were relocated to sit in line with the address bar and navigation controls. Issued to developers and interested end users through Apple's developer portal, the latest version 128 of Safari Technology Preview features a modified tab bar that sits below the address and search text entry field.
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