Apple may have walked back a change that would have thrown off or annoyed its tester base.
The company made a major change to Safari tabs in the latest macOS Monterey beta, reverting the design back to a more familiar layout after receiving feedback from beta testers.
In the macOS Monterey beta, Apple introduced a new tab system that would have allowed each individual tab to act as a search and URL field. The company also removed the standard URL and search bar that’s long been a part of Safari and other web browsers.
It appears that Apple has walked back the design change in the third beta version of macOS Monterey, which was released on Wednesday. The latest version features a dedicated URL and search interface at the top with tabs arranged beneath it.
Users can still enable the Monterey-style search bar user interface design in the View menu should they wish to.
In addition to the interface change, Apple also made several other updates to Safari across its other operating systems. In iOS 15, for example, Apple has refined the Safari search UI and added the ability to initiate a page refresh by long-pressing on a tab bar.
In addition to user interface changes, the Safari browser will also receive extension support for iOS and iPadOS that will offerinteraction changes exclusively for mobile.
If you’ve had a chance to test the macOS Monterey, iOS 15, or iPadOS 15 betas, please let us know what you thought in the comments.
Via AppleInsider