Even if there are other browsers on
iPhone, Safari is almost essential since Apple does not allow you to choose
the default browser.
Apart from a few additions like iCloud tabs or reading lists,
Safari has hardly evolved in 5 years. This is the observation that had fun
become a journalist at Gizmodo.
Next to that, he detailed all the improvements Apple could have
bring to follow what is best among browsers
competitors:
Unify the address bar and search bar
All modern browsers, including Safari on Mac, have
now this unified search bar allows you to launch a search
simple search than entering a complete URL.
Obviously, on Safari iPhone the obstacle to this is due to the fact that the
keyboards that appear are different whether it is the keyboard bar
search or address bar. After careful consideration here is an alternative
proposed by our colleague from Gizmodo.
As you can see, for displaying results, use
of icons would make it easy to identify a web page, a search
classic or even a search in bookmarks and playlist
Improve favorites management
Let's be honest, in Safari on iPhone the management of favorites, lists
of readings and other bookmarks and a vast mess that no one uses
truly.
To try to simplify things, our friend from Gizmodo prefers
use a simple tab bar to move between categories
to the other.
In addition to some practical changes in the interface, it imagines
the appearance of a flow of bookmarks that could be organized by theme and
to share with friends like Photo Stream.
Innovative features
Obviously many other safari points could be reviewed and
improved. So, as some applications can already indicate to iOS
that they are capable of processing such and such files, one could imagine
that Safari can do the same. I explain.
With a click at a particular location, it would be possible to activate a
action sheet allowing for example to open a .psd file if Photoshop
is installed or even share a link via the Twitter application…
Ideally, the user should be able to choose their favorite 'actions'
to display on this page so that Safari adapts to its use
wishes to do so.
Last proposal, web notifications. The idea is very simple:
allow the website to send notifications as it currently does
applications. So each site could have its own sound and
the user could set notifications to appear or
not on the home screen, the icon…
To finish
If our colleague's article is particularly detailed and argued,
In any case, it seems obvious that Safari needs a serious
refreshment.
This year, the next version of iOS is particularly anticipated and
should bear the signature of Jony Ive. Let's hope that in this sweep
general expected in iOS Safari takes the opportunity to integrate some of
proposals seen here…
In the meantime, what do you think of Safari and what would you like to see about it?
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