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by colejohnson66 1966 days ago
Weird. On iOS, it’s:

(1) scroll down a tiny bit to reveal bottom bar

(2) tap the box with the tab count

(3) tap “+”

(4) tap HN

Both (2) and (3) are at the bottom of the screen, and (1) can be done near the bottom. (4) is the only one with a reach up to the top.

Which leaves the question: why are the UIs between the two platforms different?

3 comments

The UI is different in other ways as well. One of the replies mentioned a setting to turn off hiding toolbars when you scroll. But I can't find it on iOS.

In and of itself, I don't find it strange that the UI is different between platforms. That's called being a good citizen on a platform. In fact I wish they'd do it more. For instance, on macOS I'd expect close buttons for tabs in the top left.

> why are the UIs between the two platforms different?

I think there's been greater emphasis on conforming to the HID guidance and conventions on different platforms rather than consistency in the same app on different platforms.

My Android version does the same, but I did change the location of the toolbar to bottom in the settings.