{"id":33354,"date":"2021-08-06T16:20:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T20:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=33354"},"modified":"2021-08-06T16:20:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T20:20:54","slug":"safari-15-vs-vivaldi-when-matching-the-webs-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/06\/safari-15-vs-vivaldi-when-matching-the-webs-colors\/","title":{"rendered":"Safari 15 vs. Vivaldi When Matching the Web’s Colors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Tibbett<\/a> (includes video):<\/p>\n

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Flipping tabs in the new Safari is terrible. The flipping of the chrome colour makes it even harder to see what tab is selected. This isn’t an artificial test, these were the tabs I had open.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Mind-boggling that anyone thinks this looks good, or isn’t bothered by the fact that it’s very hard to see which tab is selected.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Peter Maurer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Remember the auto-color playlist headers in iTunes? This is like that. They’ll leave it enabled by default for a while because they can, and because some designer feels strongly about it.<\/p>\n

Then in a year or two, they’ll disable it by default. Eventually, it will silently go away.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Matt Birchler<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Vivaldi may not look as fancy as Safari, but I think it’s hard to ague it’s any less usable.<\/p>

  1. The active tab is always the same color, so it always stands out.<\/li>
  2. Most UI elements live in the always-white part of the app so they’re always equally visible.<\/li>
  3. The active table is always white so the black text is always maximally contrasy.<\/li><\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

    Plus, it gets the hierarchy right by putting the URL—which is tab-specific—inside the tab rather than above all the tabs.<\/p>\n\n

    Previously:<\/p>\n