@colinwalker I agree with you. I like the new design and have had no issues getting used to it. I have the compact view turned on, but not the coloured top bar.
@colinwalker @purisubzi It’s funny to see Gruber get so worked up about it. I really don’t care: I don’t use tabs unless forced to. I’ve always preferred separate windows, which is one reason I stick with Safari on the Mac. I’m really astonished to be reminded that Safari has had tabs for so long.
@colinwalker reads like you’ve got a flexibility in “affordances” that’s not the same as @gruber’s, And while am in alignment with you, there’s probably an aspect of “ability to accept change” which isn’t so easy to accept on the side of audiences whose opinions often shape the meaning/acceptance of change. Comparing Gruber’s take on this vs (for example) the USBC take… there’s flexibility and nuance not always equally felt/shared.
@colinwalker I also like the new design, though it feels like it is not finished yet.
Some of the problems put forward by John Gruber are definitely an issue, such as the difficulty telling which is the current ‘tab’.