![]() The Start Page has 4 layouts to choose from: Large, Medium or Small icons, or a list view. I think the options are fairly self-explanatory.Įven though Vivaldi's set up guide offers an option to set it as your default browser, there is no setting that lets you do it. ![]() ![]() Tap the Vivaldi logo in the top right corner to access the browser's menu. You can manage the blocking level on a per-site basis from the app's settings. The shield icon in the top left corner shows the protection details of the current page, you may use it to turn off the blocker, or adjust the settings. Tap the + button to open a new tab, or the x to close the current tab. The pull gesture also displays two icons: + and x. Vivaldi supports pull to refresh, you may want to use that to quickly reload pages. This is likely why the address bar is at the top of the screen, I suppose that's a decent trade-off. Speaking of which, try swiping on the toolbar, this allows you to switch between tabs quickly. You can switch between the four sections by swiping to the sides. The trash can icon allows you to access your browsing history. The tab switcher lists all your tabs, recently synced tabs, and lets you enable private browsing mode. That said, the toolbar at the bottom of the iOS app provides access to the bookmarks, back and forward navigation buttons, search button (which triggers the URL bar), and a tab switcher. Most modern browsers have the URL bar at the bottom because it is easier to reach. The address bar stays at the top of the page in both styles. There are two tab styles to choose from in Vivaldi: a minimal experience without a tab bar, or a Desktop Tab experience. The new tab page has the usual "sponsored shortcuts", but you can remove them easily, and replace them with speed dials for your favorite websites. Safari 15 has added so many consequential web features, I expect there to be a great desire to drop support for older versions.Vivaldi's iOS app is fairly similar to the Android version, but for those of you who have never used it, let us a take a look at what you can do with it. In the past year, Apple has really picked up the pace in releasing Safari feature updates but sites that want to reach the most people will still need to keep older devices in mind. As its use has declined, some have complained that “Safari is the new IE” primarily because Apple has been slow to adopt web features but also because iPhones can’t use a different browser and have useful lives longer than Apple releases iOS updates for them (lots of Android phones run old versions but they can update Chrome independent of the OS). Websites can instead test what features the browser supports, either checking features the site actually requires or ones that “fingerprint” the browser.įor a very long time, the need to support Internet Explorer (IE) prevented websites from using newer web features. I suppose you could try using Safari 13’s Develop > User Agent > Other to make the browser “lie” about its version but that strategy may not work for long.īrowser makers are moving away from updating their User Agent info to indicate what version they are. Rather than users sometimes discovering problems, they force read-only mode in browsers that don’t “cut the mustard.” It seems forcing the read-only mode is not because Safari 13 lacks any specific feature, they don’t want to spend resources on testing older browsers and don’t want to be held back from using newer, widely-supported browser standards (Safari 12 probably does lack support for things they want to use). I found the thread on Discourse’s own forum about this change, Maintaining support for iOS 12 and iOS 13 until January 2023. High Sierra can still run the latest versions of Firefox and Chromium-based browsers so the age of your Mac will not prevent you from using TidBITS-Talk (you could also use it solely by email but I find replying on the web preferable).ĭiscourse’s About page includes their mindset about browser support:ĭiscourse is designed for the next 10 years of the Internet, so the minimum browser requirements are high.ĭiscourse supports the latest, stable releases of all major browsers and platforms:Īdditionally, we aim to support Safari on iOS 12.5+ until January 2023 (Discourse 3.0). Correct, macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) can’t run Safari 14 or newer.
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