iPasOS 15.0 AND Safari Sidebar/bookmark sidebar

iPadOS15 has made fundamental changes to App UI, the Sidebar - and associated controls. Many of the controls present in iPadOS14 Safari have been modified - and in many cases removed.

The “simplification” has removed some of the previous flexibility. For example, where before a simple single-touch would reveal the Sidebar in one of the three chosen views (Reading List, Favourites/Bookmarks or History) - and a further single touch would again hide the Sidebar whilst remembering the selected view - this is no longer the case. The previous single touch now requires multiple touches - and the reverse to hide the Sidebar from view; after closing the sidebar, the preferred view is not remembered

Apple do invite constructive comment, feedback and feature requests via their product feedback pages. I recommend that you make use of the feedback channel.

https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

GoldenRatio wrote:

I fully agree with you. This feature was very useful under the old Safari, as it is a much easier way to navigate the bookmarks through the sidebar than the favorites top menu. To simply have to go through many steps to show or hide the favorites sidebar is certainly a step backward for Apple Safari. I really cannot understand how the UX designers and engineers think the new implementation is a better way?!?!?!

Apple invite comment and feature requests via their product feedback pages. I recommend that you make use of the feedback channel. You have a voice:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Hi,

for me it ´s the same.

A verey, very annoying „feature“. it is simply not possible to close the sidebar when you have navigated to an entry below the upmost level.

The button simply vanishes and to access a bookmark in the second subfolder i have to navigate to its location and then - in order to hide the sidebar again - i have to navigate all way back.

That´s simply ridiculous.

I didn ´t find any solution to this problem. Seems that somebody slept very well during the last few months as this error is really very obvious

I ´ve already reported it and some other changes to the feedback page.

Martin

I fully agree with you. This feature was very useful under the old Safari, as it is a much easier way to navigate the bookmarks through the sidebar than the favorites top menu. To simply have to go through many steps to show or hide the favorites sidebar is certainly a step backward for Apple Safari. I really cannot understand how the UX designers and engineers think the new implementation is a better way?!?!?!