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The next iPhone software, iOS 15, is due to go live in a matter of days, perhaps within days of the next keynote, expected to be Tuesday, September 14.

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But the software has not been without controversy and one element above all has come in for criticism: the proposed redesign of Safari.

Specifically, it was the layout of the web browser which innovatively put the address bar and tabs to the bottom of the screen which drew the most fire.

There’s certainly a clear logic to having the address bar where your fingers can easily reach it when you’re holding the iPhone at its base. And since you could scroll between different tabs just with the caress of your thumb, there was much to enjoy here. Well, theoretically, at least.

But as the software went through its beta releases, feedback—one of the best reasons to check out a public beta—was pretty loud. People didn’t like the change and wanted to stay with how things are right now, thank you very much.

Now, often Apple will simply impose a change, usually with the best of intentions because it feels the change is worth making and people will see that when they adjust to the new system.

But here it’s really listened to users, and while it certainly hasn’t cancelled the new design, and after all, it doubtless has its supporters, too, it’s come up with a solution which is the best of both worlds.

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Of course, this could change before the general release happens, but I don’t think it will. And it’s reminiscent of when Apple introduced “Natural Scrolling” to the MacBook. This was some time after the iPad and iPhone had established themselves, when scrolling on a touchscreen naturally meant swiping your finger in the direction you wanted the onscreen data to move. This was the opposite direction to how the trackpad on a laptop (any laptop) went and many people didn’t take to it.

So, Apple let you choose. To this day, in the System Preferences on every Mac, the section headed Trackpad has three tabs. One of these, Scroll and Zoom is headed by “Scroll direction: Natural” which is subtitled “Content tracks finger movement”. Tick that box and scrolling mimics how it is on the iPad. Untick it and it goes the other way.

So it is with the current state of Safari. Go to Settings and scroll down to Safari. From there, choose Tabs and then pick Tab Bar or Single Tab, each helpfully illustrated with an image that shows where the address bar will sit.

The naming is important: when you move the address bar back up top, you only get one tab and you can’t swipe left or right to find another. In other words, the use is identical to how it is now in iOS 14.

But if you fancy the freedom of swiping back and forth between web pages with just one hand, maybe Tab Bar is for you, after all.

Oh, and there’s another way to do this: if you want to change the layout on the fly, just tap the AA icon that sits at the left of the address bar. This reveals lots of options including Translate Website, Request Desktop Website and Hide Toolbar. Last on the list is the tabs option.

Apple’s change is interesting not just for how it affects iOS 15 now. Apple, being Apple, will have been planning lots more changes for Safari and the Tab Bar may have been instrumental in this. It will now need to rethink these changes to see how it can implement them for both sets of users.

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