I don't think the claim was that you couldn't. I think the aggravation (unnecessary) is that the space is so tiny you really have to zero in on that to not hit an open tab that you aren't currently using. Because god forbid you click on one of thirty open tabs you're not actually using at the moment and then try to get back to where you were before inside this very ill-considered UI.
The workflow and eye-tracking isn't an opinion. That it's horribly ill-considered and clumsy and not efficient and poor in terms of user customization- those are opinions. But there are reasons why UX engineers make the choices that they do. The choices here were made for UI aesthetics. I'll reach out to a few of my colleagues who work in UX engineering and I'll see if these were functional choices or for looks. But I know enough from my career experience to understand how our hands and eyes move across a workspace and the floating tabs aren't it. That isn't the only problem with usability but it's certainly the worst offender that I can see. But if you want some "facts" about the interface I'll talk to some pros who have a couple of decades a piece in the landscape of engineering for the user experience.
all i see here are your opinions about things; those things themselves are facts, but to assume a giant corporation like apple doesn't consider what it's doing is absurb.... even if they have made missteps. maybe this will prove to be a misstep, or... maybe not. only time will tell. but really, i respect your right to your opinions, and the opinions of your friends, or 'pros'... or whatever.
I don't know how long you've been a user of macOS, but once upon a time MacOS ten was actually more customizable than it is today. You could customize the layout finder and the shortcuts therein. You could add custom colors and images into individual windows and the desktop wallpaper itself. System-wide font changes and all kinds of things you could do in MacOS ten until about the shift to Intel. Not saying that the system isn't much improved. But pull an old Powerbook out and see how much you can do with the OS UI. Much of that has been aesthetically locked down in recent years and you have to use the terminal to force some changes into the system including the ability to install unsigned apps.
It’s not like your washing machine. It’s not simple and it doesn’t just work. Now there’s no argument for a sophisticated software to not have customization for users who have many different use cases. We aren’t all just randomly googling words, hitting YouTube, and checking gmail. Some of us are developers and graphics designers, and writers and all sorts of things.
I’m pretty sure we’ve had that once before. Oh we still have it now: http://hypercritical.co/safari-reload-button/
Cool. It might become more popular than before or maybe the reload button is dead. Time can only tell.
I still remember when they had a prerelease version of safari like this once before.
I don’t disagree. I was just letting those interested know that they won’t necessarily lose extension shortcuts, but that obviously doesn’t mean that you’ll have the best functionality. That was an FYI only kind of deal. I’m still coping with the other horrible UI choices.
It’s part of the MacOS Monterey beta. Now software releases seem to be tied initially to betaOS releases. And new OS can’t run older versions of existing apps without some tinkering. At least through the install phase. I might pull a copy of Safari 14 from a Big Sur partition and see if I can move it over or if other forms of tinkering have to be done. It’s just odd that there would be code in Safari 14 that can’t run in Monterey.
I'm aware it's part of the Monterey beta.
My bad, I misunderstood. Maybe when the public beta releases they might also have a public beta preview for Safari 15 for Big Sur. It’s really early and perhaps it hasn’t rolled out. It could also be as you say, that they are changing away from that practice. I suppose it’s wait and see for now.
am honored to have posted the 'Worst thing I've ever read on this site"; i try to excel at everything.
i've been using command-R for so long, i only noticed the refresh button from reading about how it's no longer there!
