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Many things are missing in safari

I cannot find the last page I gone through.

         

Mariah

8:57 am on Dec 10, 2019 (gmt 0)

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Hi! my name is Mariah. I am using ios for 2 years now, I was an android user. To begin with I would like to say that I love ios and I can never go back to android ever again. It was back then I used to love so much customisation and that is why I hated apple products. Now as I grew up I like things settled and I found out that I just play music and receive calls and play you tube and browse facebook thats all. For that I do nit need customisation that is when I bought I phone 8 plus and after I ended up with I phone X. I was enjoying so much using ios but one thing that bug me is the safari app which is missing out so many things. First of all I would like to point out that whenever I open another tab the old tab that I was using is no longer beside my new tab. After doing the work on my new tab whenever I search for the tab I was using before, I cannot find it and I keep searching it as I need to copy something from that tab. When I finally find that old tab that I was using before I lose the new one and it keeps on going. I feel terrible and I get so mad but that does not make me to go back to android of course. Now people will say no there is no way that happens but I am using the latest IOS version 13.2.3 and it does happen. Now coming to the second point, I normally open up many tabs and search for different things on the website. After that whenever I realise that there are plenty of tabs in my history that I need to get rid off, I cannot remove them with one swipe. I really do not understand the fact that why there is no option for doing it?. Is it because of security issue ? that one can just by mistake swipe it all off and regret it later?. Ok then I have some solution for IOS, why dont you people keep an option so that we can choose whether or not we want the swiping and erasing thing or keeping it and deleting one by one. By that we all get to keep what we want. Another point is when I use VPN there are sometimes Safari wont recognise the new location that I am using. There are some website that do not open in my countries and I try to open then using VPN but no matter what VPN app I use Safari sometimes do not catch that and I have to again go to that app and disconnect the line and again reconnect it and after doing this for several times Safari finally gets that a VPN app is trying to change the location and it finally works. There are so many other problems with Safari such as it automatically crashes so many times and even do nit remember the history and what I was working with is completely gone. I am facing this crashing problem now, it did not happen before. Further more Safari has lots if bugs and it tends to get more slower day by day. I really cannot deal with the crashing thing now a days as it lose very important work. Can any of you guys please suggest me or an alternative browser that can do the work which I am looking for?.

tangor

9:55 am on Dec 10, 2019 (gmt 0)

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@Mariah ... Welcome to Webmasterworld! I can't help you as I do not have phones or use IOS, but I am surprised you can't open new tabs AND SEE THEM. That might be a layout issue. I don't Safari but others here do, and I hope they will chime in with some comments!

It sounds like your tabs bar is turned off to maximize screen space and there's probably a simple trick to bring them back, but as I said, I don't do phones.

Glad to have you join Webmasterworld!

not2easy

12:11 pm on Dec 10, 2019 (gmt 0)

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When moving between tabs you can switch to Tab View but if you have a dozen tabs open that can easily fill the screen on a small device. Safari won't open some sites that they determine to be unsafe or compromised. Go to Settings, scroll down to Safari and set it up the way you want it to work for tabs, cookies, privacy, search, camera, etc. You can look for alternative browsers in the App Store but they won't be quite as seamless.

Mariah

4:17 am on Dec 17, 2019 (gmt 0)

5+ Year Member



Hi not 2 easy, thanks for your reply. I searched the whole safari settings but did not find any option where I can set my last visited website tab just beside my new tab. Besides what can I do about the VPN?, as you are saying that there are some websites safari wont allow to go to because of the security purposes but I have found so many websites that are safe but due to country wise ban I do not have access to those websites but that is why VPN is for. The thing is as I have already said Safari do not recognise VPN easily. Once I turn the VPN on at first safari wont find the change and then I have to do it several times to make Safari understand that I have turned on VPN so please consider having a new location so that I can get access to the website. Further more what should I do for the crashes. There are no setting to stop that. I really wish they did not update the app and that is when all the problems kept occurring. So I must choose a new browser for this. As you are saying there are plenty of browsers that can do the job, can you please name some which also has build in VPN system so that I do not have to connect to another app before opening the browser. This is really important to me please help me out.

Safari also has some issue with lag what I can do about it ?. It seems when I try to choose another tab and select the tab button, it at first do not response and I have to try it twice to make it right. I am using I phone X and you cannot say that my phone is slow so it has to be a software issues. I do not know whether or not it is happening to all X users or it is just me. I really want to use the stock app but they gave me no reason to use it. I have heard all the users seem to use Safari and I wonder how. Even when I post something ona. forum and if I write more than 500 words on the comment box, it starts to lag. I first saw it when I first posted this comment and when I reached 500 words or some where less my pointer seemed having a hard time moving and when I tired to correct the spelling of certain words and long tapped to move the pointer the pointer was shaking and the random beeping even got slower. Hoe we can accept such things from IOS ?. They are nit focusing on softwares anymore and that us devastating. Please if you know a good browser which has VPN function and is faster than Safari please name one I would really like to give it a try.

not2easy

5:10 am on Dec 17, 2019 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Administrator 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



As mentioned above, you can look for other browsers in the App Store. Sorry, but I haven't run into the kinds of issues you describe. I don't use it the same way may be the reason. If it is slowing down when you have multiple tabs open, or are holding an extended message while it is composed it may be that your device's memory is occupied. Have you visited Apple's support communities [discussions.apple.com] where other users and support people could offer better suggestions?