In addition to the security enhancements and features in iOS 13, Apple has updated the built-in Safari app and the browser has learned some new tricks.
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The latest iOS version of Apple, iOS 13, contains many new features and changes to further improve the user experience while keeping security tight.
One of the best apps that has ever been released
iPhone
and
iPad
is the
Safari
app, which heralded an age of mobile internet access when the first version was released in 2007. iOS 13 ensures that Safari is not slow by including new functions in the already versatile browser. This includes productivity shortcuts that improve the simplicity of using the app, but address issues with bookmarks and open tabs.
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The Safari toolbar is fairly easy to use – there are only five choices to make: backward, forward, share, bookmarks and new tab / page. Regarding the latter, you had to tap the icon in the past, asking you to open a new, single page or tab to be selected; However, in iOS 13, the icon holds all these options and you can select it in one go (Figure A).
Figure A
The same logic applies to the bookmark icon. If you hold down the button, the overlay menu will appear to add the current site as a bookmark or to send it to your reading list (Figure B).
Figure B
If you work with multiple tabs at any time, you know that it is very easy to lose sight of how many tabs have been opened or which pages have been loaded. If you hold down the bookmark icon, you now get the option to add all those tabs as bookmarks (Figure C) and save them in a folder named Saved Tabs (Figure D).
Figure C
Figure D
How wonderful is that? It is awesome! If you have enabled iCloud sync for your bookmarks, you can now view them again on your other devices when you are ready to sort them.
Another handy tip: if you have to close all these tabs, you can hold down the new button and you can close all open tabs at the same time. You no longer have to browse pages or close them all. Also, iOS 13 will now ask if you want to enable automatic closing of multiple tabs after one day, week or month (Figure E).
Figure E
You can also set this to close them automatically if they have not been viewed recently (Figure F).
Figure F
The Safari toolbar has also learned some new tricks. By holding the dual-axis icon, you can not only adjust the scale and text of the website you are viewing, but you can make the toolbar less intrusive by tapping the Hide Toolbar selection to minimize it for a better display. The Request Desktop Website feature has been moved here and the latest version of Website Settings can also be found there (Figure G).
Figure G
In iOS 13, the user can adjust website settings for individual sites and change these settings at a detailed level, so that every time you visit a specific site, it is automatically loaded based on the pre-configured settings. This allows you to always view content exactly as you want, based on your preferences (Figure H).
Figure H
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