sapphire scribbles

Safari bookmarks are terrible now (iOS 27)

Before iOS 26, there was a Bookmarks button in the bottom bar of the browser. I didn't know how good I had it.

In iOS 26, they changed it so that it was in a menu. Menu, Bookmarks. I quietly complained to myself, "Remember when this was one click away?"

In iOS 27, bookmarks are only accessible from a new tab, moving them three touches deep. Worse, it no longer remembers the open folder. Each and every comic requires five touches now (the last two are to get into the comics folder, then open the site) instead of the two it took in the old days.

More bafflingly, sliding up from any of the Glass elements at the bottom will go to the tab overview, as will tapping the tabs button that replaced the menu button. They're the same. Touch-and-hold on the tabs button offers a menu that includes a 'new tab' item, but not bookmarks. Not that touch-and-hold is a good interface; required delays are bad design.

I wish I could customize the swipe shortcut, to go directly to bookmarks. Then it would only need to remember my place, instead of returning to the root each time, and I could have the efficient two-touch interface back!

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