iOS 15 will most likely arrive during the last weeks of September or first of October. This new version that has been with us since June has polarized opinions in some of its changes at a conceptual level. One of them falls on safari design which has turned upside down with respect to what we knew until iOS 14. However, the initial design of the first betas of iOS 15 did not catch on with the developers. That is why it was decided leave in the hands of users the design of the navigation bar they want. We teach you how to switch between the new and the old design.
Go back to the navigation bar in iOS 14 by following these steps in iOS 15
Apple's defense of its new Safari design rests with a compact, versatile design that allows you to surf the Internet through multi-touch gestures, avoiding a succession of touches on the screen that waste the user's time. However, the jump between the two designs can be a bit abrupt. For the same reason, Apple allowed in beta 6 of iOS 15 that users will switch between one design and another. Although it is likely that in future major versions such as iOS 16 the change will be final and the design cannot be chosen.
To change the design of the navigation bar in iOS 15, follow these steps:
- Access iOS Settings
- Enter Safari preferences
- Find the 'Tabs' section
- Choose between the two available models: tab bar o single tab
The tab bar is a continuous bar that allows navigation between tabs by swiping to the right or left. Instead, the single-tab design requires an extra touch from the user to access all open windows. In order to make this design change easier, you can click on the 'aA' icon in the Safari navigation bar and click on the option 'Show the bar above or below' depending on the design you have by default.
The change also comes to the iPad, but in a more subtle way
Although the change of concept of tabs does not reach iPadOS 15 if the change of design of the navigation bar does. If we perform the same steps as in the case of iOS 15, we can change the design between two options:
- Separate tab bar: in which we have a main navigation bar and a tab bar at the bottom
- Compact tab bar: in which the navigation bar is integrated into the tab that we have open
The difference can be seen in the image that heads this section. It is observed as the separate tab bar takes up more screen space than the compact one, Although, as we said, the concept of tabs and the passage of tabs through multi-touch gestures has not reached iPadOS 15 as if it has made it to iOS 15.
