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by eyelidlessness 1497 days ago
Another cool Safari tab UI feature, if you use the bottom URL bar, is you can swipe between tabs without even viewing the tab grid view at all. And if you’re at the end of the tab list, another swipe will create a new tab.

The swipe feature also makes more obvious, but easier to work around, bugs in the open in new tab -> back button feature (which is also awesome, when it works).
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jazzyjackson 1496 days ago
o thanks never heard of that

it's taking all of my willpower to learn to use two-finger-swipe back instead of my lifelong muscle "right click" "back"

whats the new tab -> back button feature?

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eyelidlessness 1494 days ago
> whats the new tab -> back button feature?

By default if you open a new tab from a link (either intentionally or by clicking a link which opens one for you), Safari adds the linking page to your history for that new tab. If you click back, it’ll close the tab and take you back to your previous state in the tab you left. It works really well when it works, but often leaves zombie tabs open with unclear history if you navigate around in the new tab.

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