Ex-Google employee recounts how Google abandoned a redesign attempt of Chrome on Android, which was similar to iOS 15's Safari, with the URL bar at the bottom
Abandoned Redesign of Mobile Chrome Circa 2016, With Goals Similar to Those of Mobile Safari 15 Ryne Hager / Android Police : Chrome Home's bottom address bar: Ahead of its time and intentionally left behind Iskra Petrova / phonearena.com : iOS 15 Safari redesign: former Google designer explains why Google tried a similar thing and abandoned it Tweets: Federico Viticci / @viticci : Just another day being unable to order takeout because iOS 15 Safari's bottom bar makes this checkout button untappable. thanks Safari for not letting me have that bruschetta 😢 https://twitter.com/... Quinn Nelson / @snazzyq : The more I use Safari on iOS 15 on my iPhone, the more I hate it. Guilherme Rambo / @_inside : Unpopular opinion: I like the new Safari UI on iPhone (but only on iPhone).