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Apple Releases New Big Sur and Catalina Safari 15.1 Betas for Developers With Restored Tab Design

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Following in the footsteps of the macOS Monterey release candidate seeded earlier this week, Apple has released a fourth beta version of Safari 15.1 for macOS Big Sur and Catalina to developers that restores the previous tab design that was in place prior to Safari 15.

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Safari 15.1 now features a standard Big Sur tab design, which is enabled by default and is labeled "Separate" in Safari preferences. For those who preferred the Safari 15 design rolled out last month, there is also a "Compact" option that merges the URL bar with the tab bar.

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, moving the option to the Accessibility section of the Advanced page in Safari preferences and limiting it to only the Compact Tab Bar design.

With the public release of Safari 15.1 in macOS Monterey, Big Sur, and Catalina, Apple is scaling back on many of the design changes made in Safari 15, which was released for those macOS versions last month alongside iOS and iPadOS 15. Many users were unhappy with those design changes, so Apple will now be offering them as an option rather than the default or only layout.

Registered developers can download the new Safari 15.1 beta by logging in to Apple's developer downloads portal and then navigating to the More Downloads section. The latest version of macOS Big Sur or macOS Catalina is required to install the beta.

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Following in the footsteps of the macOS Monterey release candidate seeded earlier this week, Apple has released a fourth beta version of Safari 15.1 for macOS Big Sur and Catalina to developers that restores the previous tab design that was in place prior to Safari 15.

safari-15-1-old-tabs.jpg

Safari 15.1 now features a standard Big Sur tab design, which is enabled by default and is labeled "Separate" in Safari preferences. For those who preferred the Safari 15 design rolled out last month, there is also a "Compact" option that merges the URL bar with the tab bar.

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, moving the option to the Accessibility section of the Advanced page in Safari preferences and limiting it to only the Compact Tab Bar design.

With the public release of Safari 15.1 in macOS Monterey, Big Sur, and Catalina, Apple is scaling back on many of the design changes made in Safari 15, which was released for those macOS versions last month alongside iOS and iPadOS 15. Many users were unhappy with those design changes, so Apple will now be offering them as an option rather than the default or only layout.

Registered developers can download the new Safari 15.1 beta by logging in to Apple's developer downloads portal and then navigating to the More Downloads section. The latest version of macOS Big Sur or macOS Catalina is required to install the beta.

Article Link: Apple Releases New Big Sur and Catalina Safari 15.1 Betas for Developers With Restored Tab Design
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See? What did I tell you. A waste of time…
 
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GMShadow said:
When are they going to bring this option back to the iPad?
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I’m not sure what option exactly you’re talking about. The article is about the tabs looking like tabs again, rather than buttons (but this is a design decision, rather than an option). When it comes to the tab layout, this is different story - there’s “Separate” and “Compact”. Both options are available on the iPad (Settings -> Safari -> Tabs).

Regarding the reverted tab design when using the “Separate” tab layout, this change is coming on Monday with iPadOS 15.1. I hope this answers your question.
 
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nortonandreev said:
I’m not sure what option exactly you’re talking about. The article is about the tabs looking like tabs again, rather than buttons. When it comes to the tab layout, this is different story - there’s “Separate” and “Compact”. Both options are available on the iPad (Settings -> Safari -> Tabs).

When it comes to the reverted tab design when using the “Separate” tab layout, this change is coming on Monday with iPadOS 15.1. I hope this answers your question.
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I don’t know why I’m on MacRumors responding to this, but here we go:

Steve Jobs developed NeXT.

Steve Jobs died in 2011.

Apple had to license various things for Safari, because Steve Jobs died.

www.chromium.org

The Chromium Projects

Home of the Chromium Open Source Project
www.chromium.org www.chromium.org

If you think you can fix it, go write the fix and sell it to Apple.
 
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newbmacuser2021 said:
I don’t know why I’m on MacRumors responding to this, but here we go:

Steve Jobs developed NeXT.

Steve Jobs died in 2011.

Apple had to license various things for Safari, because Steve Jobs died.

www.chromium.org

The Chromium Projects

Home of the Chromium Open Source Project
www.chromium.org www.chromium.org

If you think you can fix it, go write the fix and sell it to Apple.
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  • I have no idea what you’re talking about. Safari was released about 8 years before Steve died.
  • Apple didn’t “license various things for Safari.” It was based on an open source browser called Konqueror.
  • Contributing to Chromium changes nothing about WebKit. Contribute to WebKit instead.
  • Changes to WebKit affect only the engine, not the Safari UI.
 
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Mr. Awesome said:
  • I have no idea what you’re talking about. Safari was released about 8 years before Steve died.
  • Apple didn’t “license various things for Safari.” It was based on an open source browser called Konqueror.
  • Contributing to Chromium changes nothing about WebKit. Contribute to WebKit instead.
  • Changes to WebKit affect only the engine, not the Safari UI.
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I’m not trying to argue on the internet.

I’m sure you’re right. Apple probably has a team of 300 people working on WebKit and Safari UI.

It’s definitely in the top 5 for things I want to do for a career. :)

Right next to optimizing the Unreal Engine.
 
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