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by michaelwm 1285 days ago
Slightly off-topic: noticed something odd with Safari 16.1 (18614.2.9.1.12) running on macOS Ventura 13.0.1 (22A400) - The company's name "Oru" is not rendered in any Safari tabs or tooltip titles that are not the company's official website.

All of these titles have "Oru" prepended in their HTML source title tags and DuckDuckGo results, but disappeared in the Safari tabs and tooltip titles:

Oru kayak's reckless and irresponsible advertising - Paddlers' Place - Paddling.com: https://forums.paddling.com/t/oru-kayaks-reckless-and-irresp... https://i.imgur.com/K0XAa7Y.png

Oru kayak's reckless and irresponsible advertising | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33892108 https://i.imgur.com/Ai53Akb.png

Oru Kayak Review - A Money Waster Or A Smooth Ride? | Killer Kayaks!: http://killerkayaks.com/oru-bay-kayak/ https://i.imgur.com/cc49ujA.png

Oru Lake Folding Kayak Review: Perfect For Urbanites And Beginners: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/2022/08... https://i.imgur.com/QCm0IXV.png

However, the words Oru Kayak are present on the company's official website:

Oru Kayak - Oru Kayak: https://www.orukayak.com https://i.imgur.com/fLs9Qc9.png

Was wondering if anyone else has this issue?
1 comments
keville 1285 days ago
Safari has done this for a long time when you have multiple tabs with similar titles open.

I think the intent is to increase the unique text within the tab titles when you are reading sites that have titles like "My Blog - Tuesday's Article" and "My Blog - Wednesday's Article"; otherwise these would both shorten to "My Blog - ..." as tab count increases, or as other tab width constraints come in to play.

Granted, the heuristic for identifying common text between tabs isn't always great and can sometimes just result in titles looking cut-off.

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