{"id":34022,"date":"2021-10-27T11:20:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T15:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=34022"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:28:08","slug":"final-safari-15-fixes-favorites-bar-and-tabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/27\/final-safari-15-fixes-favorites-bar-and-tabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Safari 15 Fixes Favorites Bar and Tabs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Snell<\/a> (MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Yep, that’s the Safari Favorites Bar, now located above<\/em> the tabs.<\/p>\n

If you don’t use the Favorites Bar, maybe you won’t care. I use the Favorites Bar a lot, and I hated Apple’s decision to move it beneath the tabs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

As noted by Daring Fireball<\/em>’s John Gruber<\/a>, iOS 15.1 beta 4 also includes the same Safari design tweak with the Favorites bar located above the tabs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

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

The full Bookmarks menu on iPad, alas, still remains hidden in the sidebar. That’s a weird one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n

As per the new macOS 12 page on Apple.com, the Safari redesign is toast on macOS and iPadOS! Compact tab bar mode is still an option, but regular tabs are back!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

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

Safari 15 on iPadOS 15.1 comes along for the ride too.<\/p>\n

We’re left with one single design mistake in Safari 15 across all platforms: the close buttons for tabs being on the right instead of the left on iPhone<\/a>. Pretty good outcome given what was shown back at WWDC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In all the distraction caused by the Safari tab bar in macOS 12, I feel like nobody noticed that pinned tabs are incompatible with tab groups 🤔 And closing(\/‘deleting’) a tab group leaves you with no way to undo the operation. There’s just no permanence to tab group tabs at all<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Eric Slivka<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Safari 15.1 now features a standard Big Sur tab design, which is enabled by default and is labeled \"Separate\" in Safari preferences.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

As with Safari in the macOS Monterey release candidate, the new Safari 15.1 beta also scales back on the option to have the Safari window chrome blend in with websites<\/a>, moving the option to the Accessibility section of the Advanced page in Safari preferences and limiting it to only the Compact Tab Bar design.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n