Good read, but:
In iPadOS 15, today’s beta changes the shading of the tab interface in Safari in an effort to make it more clear which tab is the active tab.
In the image that Juli Clover posts, there clearly is a difference between the grey of the active tab and the grey shade used in the inactive tab. But I am running that same beta and I do not see those results.
Here’s a screenshot of my tab collection, this one in private mode. And here’s a generic set of tabs in public mode.
The lack of tab contrast is one major issue for me. The other is the wild range of colors that can make picking out a specific tab a nightmare for some people. Check the video below:
Flipping tabs in the new Safari is terrible. The flipping of the chrome colour makes it even harder to see what tab is selected. This isn’t an artificial test, these were the tabs I had open. pic.twitter.com/uDOECpgohf
— Steve Tibbett (@stevex) August 6, 2021
There’s a lot going on here. I do appreciate that Apple gave us a setting to keep a separate address bar above all the tabs. How about a setting to simplify the tab structure, with the main use of color a high shade contrast to clearly mark the current tab?