Now that you know you can turn the color and the compressed tab layout off, I encourage you to live with both for a few days before turning them off. None of us like change, particularly in an old tried and true friend like Safari, but after I lived with these changes for a few days I have found I really like both new options. Together they allow more room for content and the colored tab bar creates the impression of a more spacious window. The compressed layout turns each tab into an individual search bar and I find I often have multiple tabs and bounce from tab to tab as a regular part of my work flow. That took more getting used to than anything else new in Safari.

I didn't mention the changes to my wife and she adapted to the changes more rapidly than I did.

Last edited by joemikeb; 09/21/21 01:18 PM. Reason: Wife
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