Comments on: Why Safari 4′s new tab layout is detrimental to usability

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:15:57 +0000

Looks like they ripped off Chrome. So, MS follows Apple in design, is Apple now following Chrome? ;P Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

By: Michael Johnston

Michael Johnston — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:58:07 +0000

I noticed both things, but suspect that the impact of both will diminish with a few days use. OTOH, gaining 25 px is good. So I’m waiting to decide whether I’m pro or con until I’ve used it a while.

By: Yan

Yan — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:20:09 +0000

Thanks Trevor! Here’s the magic sauce that turns on the old tab layout (run in terminal):

defaults write com.apple.Safari DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop -bool NO

By: Trevor Turk

Trevor Turk — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:15:38 +0000

I’m a little unsure about them, but I’m willing to give it a try. Screen space is nice to have, but I’ll agree the tabs might not be worth it. In any case, I believe there’s a sneaky way to change them back to the old style:

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/02/24/safari-4-defaults

By: Diego Massanti

Diego Massanti — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:18:08 +0000

not to mention, that if you have 2 or 3 opened tabs, you have to navigate more than half the screen with your mouse just to reach the 3rd tab, which is totally stupid imho, specially coming from Apple. Most apple fanboys are telling me “new tabs are just a matter of getting used to”…. why i have to get used to something that sucks is beyond me :/