How about just making it work for all of the web sites that I visit that it doesn't work for. Eye candy is not as important as it just working.
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Everything New in Safari in iOS 16: Shared Tab Groups, Extension Syncing, Web Push Notifications and More
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No I used them extensively and because of the problems I listed, I had to stop. I wish I could them because the feature would be useful to me, if it works properly.
Apple cloud features works for some and not others. And they work for some people for years and then suddenly break and never recover again. For example, Safari cloud tabs and bookmarks used to work perfectly for me while hundreds of people complain about how they do not sync properly. Then one day they broke for me and never recovered no matter what I tried.
It's too late for me, but may tab groups continue to work for you. 🙏
Soooo, do we get BACK pinned sites to the “start” page or not?. That’s and better ad blocking are the things for which I switched to Edge in my IOS devices and my iMac.
Everything else is too complicated for 99% of the people, 99% of the time.
Can disable “zoom level” sync between devices?. In my iPhone I would use a zoom level, but on my iPad no need (when I used Safari…)
Everything else is too complicated for 99% of the people, 99% of the time.
Can disable “zoom level” sync between devices?. In my iPhone I would use a zoom level, but on my iPad no need (when I used Safari…)
Can it whitelist sites to allow cookies from and block the rest?
Can we set it to delete all cookies and cache upon every quit?
How many years is it going to take?
Can we set it to delete all cookies and cache upon every quit?
How many years is it going to take?
Yes, just let user figure it out. Develop features, market the key ones and let user treasure hunt the rest. That’s the beauty of using Linux and to a much lesser extent, Windows.
But that’s not what made Apple Apple. And it’s exactly what kept Linux obscure. Most people don’t want to figure things out and treasure hunt features. They want something that just works. Apple knew this like no one else.
User want things that just works doesn’t really define modern Apple anymore. They may gain their reputation by being so, not so much nowadays. Besides, designing software that “just works” isn’t something only Apple can do. The developer need to think through and carefully before writing code. I’ve seen Homebrew game developers developing Commodore 64 games that are of amazing quality with thoughtful gameplay. Linux was designed with tinkering in mind, but it can also be made mainstream with proper consideration.
Apple, Mac, Software, Ain't what it use to be, Innovative, intuitive rock solid cutting edge.
Now its just what's except-able to get by.
As others have said, Lipstick on a PIG.
Now its just what's except-able to get by.
As others have said, Lipstick on a PIG.
Looking forward to trying out PassKeys.
Please describe to me a time when Apple was more cutting edge than now, with regards to hardware tech on either the Mac, the iPad or the iPhone.
Their software has never been thought of cutting edge, rather than waiting until they get it working well in the ecosystem.
Comments like this show little knowledge of Apples normal MO, rather are a hark back to a time where ones memories have faded or are looked at with rose tinted glasses.
Holy crap, serious question, how does anyone figure out the “new” Safari? I was reading about the tabs and the tab groups and pinning the tabs and all the features, and the menus and user interface seem *actually* confusing to me. Like none of it in any way seems to make any intuitive design sense. I feel like I actually have to read tutorials to *learn* how to best use the browser and how to navigate the settings and features. I use strictly Brave browser now anyway, but if I wanted to go to Safari I’m not sure I could even understand how lol.
Tap the 2 squares button on the bottom right, and everything is there. It’s not particularly confusing. I agree it could perhaps be done a little more fluidly, but it’s actually fairly simple.
You can pin tabs like any other browser.
You can store your tabs in groups, each group can have its own homepage and can be shared for collaboration.
You can use the share menu from a webpage like normal.
That’s about it really. It’s not too difficult I don’t think, and all rather useful.
I appreciate the features themselves, it’s just that it seems so unintuitive on how to get to them. I don’t know how to explain it, not “user-friendly” or something similar. It feels to me in some ways Apple is becoming almost bloated with too many settings and options. Not trying to be negative, I just miss the days when you could open any Apple app and just know how it worked. Even Apple Music was a mess for such a long time and still is in many ways. I just don’t get it from a company this loaded with cash and ability to hire the best software designers in the world.
I sure hope this is not a new feature: Image Capture no longer works at all. I haven't tried using Photos at all since I don't currently use it, but so far it looks like I have to email or message all of my pics off of my iPhone from now on. I sure hope they fix this very soon.
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Safari iOS 16 iPad: There is a new page sizing feature in the bottom right hand corner I keep touching by mistake. The page then gets smaller. Got to drag the corner back to get back to full page. Can this feature be tuned off? I looked in preferences but couldn’t see how. Similar to my frustration with always blocking the camera for Face ID. I turned that off.