All iPads Browsing In Landscape Angers Me

[sparksd]

Cool, I’m glad you found something that works for you. So you know, I have a 2018 12.9” Pro, and the bookmark sidebar does indeed stay open after selecting a link. An example of where it may be beneficial: searching through your history to find a specific page you visited within a series of pages for the same domain. Another example: split-view style reading list where your articles are in the left column and your article content is on the right. I can’t remember a time the bar hasn’t stayed open, but I also don’t use it often. I opt for favorite links from the new tab display the majority of the time.

You're talking about Safari, right?

 

[blairh]

Cool, I’m glad you found something that works for you. So you know, I have a 2018 12.9” Pro, and the bookmark sidebar does indeed stay open after selecting a link. An example of where it may be beneficial: searching through your history to find a specific page you visited within a series of pages for the same domain. Another example: split-view style reading list where your articles are in the left column and your article content is on the right. I can’t remember a time the bar hasn’t stayed open, but I also don’t use it often. I opt for favorite links from the new tab display the majority of the time.

Interesting. Another member said the opposite in this thread regarding the sidebar. Not sure why. Makes more sense that this action would remain consistent regardless of iPad model. However split keyboard is one example of a software feature being limited to specific iPad models.

Even with your examples, I would argue it makes more sense to have the sidebar disappear by default in landscape.

 

[muzzy996]

Interesting. Another member said the opposite in this thread regarding the sidebar. Not sure why. Makes more sense that this action would remain consistent regardless of iPad model. However split keyboard is one example of a software feature being limited to specific iPad models.

Even with your examples, I would argue it makes more sense to have the sidebar disappear by default in landscape.

That would be me and I have to apologize because I misunderstood your original post. The misunderstanding boils down to workflow - personally I never access bookmarks the way that you do, it wasn’t until today’s replies that I realized it. I always open new tabs and let my bookmarks menu appear that way, then when clicking it the menu disappears. If I access bookmarks using the bookmark icon though with a different page already open in a tab then yes, the menu remains when I select a different page. I can see that being an annoyance if one prefers using the icon in their workflow.

Sorry for that.

 

[Marshall73]

The OP probably spent more time trying out browsers than he would have spent with an extra tap to close the bookmarks window during months of browsing. Why not just use the bookmarks bar?

 

[blairh]

The OP probably spent more time trying out browsers than he would have spent with an extra tap to close the bookmarks window during months of browsing. Why not just use the bookmarks bar?

I was able to test out all the browsers in less than 20 minutes.


The bookmarks bar? Do you mean the bookmarks icon immediately to the left of the url bar? Because that is what I'm using. If what you mean is the folders and bookmarks that appear when tapping the url bar, that isn't a solution because you have to tap within a folder each time. Dolphin browser instead allows me to continue accessing bookmarks from a folder that was previously open, just like the default action in portrait on the iPad and in both orientations on the iPhone.

 

[Marshall73]

I was able to test out all the browsers in less than 20 minutes.


The bookmarks bar? Do you mean the bookmarks icon immediately to the left of the url bar? Because that is what I'm using. If what you mean is the folders and bookmarks that appear when tapping the url bar, that isn't a solution because you have to tap within a folder each time. Dolphin browser instead allows me to continue accessing bookmarks from a folder that was previously open, just like the default action in portrait on the iPad and in both orientations on the iPhone.

20 minutes, so let’s say 1 second to tap to hide the favourites that’s 1,200 taps, not to mention the time to post your complaints on a forum. Pretty much a total waste of time, for the sake of an extra tap. Pmsl

And I meant favourites bar, the one that runs along the top of the browser under the address bar. I have always enabled this on the Mac and iOS devices.

 

[blairh]

20 minutes, so let’s say 1 second to tap to hide the favourites that’s 1,200 taps, not to mention the time to post your complaints on a forum. Pretty much a total waste of time, for the sake of an extra tap. Pmsl

And I meant favourites bar, the one that runs along the top of the browser under the address bar. I have always enabled this on the Mac and iOS devices.

You really don't get it, do you? It's simply incredibly annoying and ridiculous to have to tap the bookmarks icon twice each and every time I visit a new page in Safari in landscape to see the page properly. It has nothing to do with time. Spending 20 minutes to find a browser that works for me moving forward is absolutely worth my time.

I started this thread to talk to this community and see if others agree and what solutions they have come up with. That's one of the reasons this forum exists to begin with.

The favorites bar is not a solution for me. The touch targets are small and I can't get them to consistency open with a tap for that reason. The bookmarks icon is larger and much easier for me to tap each time successfully.

I'm thankful I found the Dolphin browser as I can now browse in landscape without having to tap the bookmarks icon a second time just to see the webpage properly.

 

[muzzy996]

It boils down to workflow really. Like I said in my last post it has never been something that I have noticed because using the bookmarks icon is not something that I do. I’m used to clearing memory so to speak when changing direction while browsing by closing tabs and opening new ones rather than hitting bookmarks while on another page. Force of habit for me.

 

[worldvga]

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