I wouldn't abandon Safari lightly. Check your Safari settings by going to settings, apps, safari. I suspect that the compact tabs view may have become the new default in iOS 26. In addition to that view which maximizes room on the screen for content, you can choose whether you want the tabs bar to be on the bottom or top. The compact view is useable but you need to find the "more" button at the bottom to get access to the tab bar and other things. Many pages take up the whole screen and you'll have to feel near the bottom right or the top to eventually get the tab bar. Once that is found, flick left along the bar until you come to the address and search field. The only way to get at information really quickly is through Siri or another AI assistant. As blind users, we simply can't operate our iPhones with the speed of someone who can just see everything and tap on precisely what they want. Overt time, you can build a kind of muscle memory about where elements of apps are positioned on the screen. That way, you touch nearer to what you want and have less flicks to get there. Spending time exploring the screen layouts of apps can really pay off when you're in more of a hurry. Another change which I think is likely throwing people off is that once you go into a search tab in apps which have those, a screen with suggestions and results appears. To get back to the app's multiple tabs, you need to feel near the bottom and find a button named for the tab you'll be placed back into when you double tap it.
Michael Feir Author of Personal Power: Getting The Most From iOS as a Totally Blind User https://michaelfeir.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-third-edition-of-personal-power.html Mastodon: @[email protected] Check out my blog at: http://www.michaelfeir.blogspot.com On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM Donna Casteen <[email protected]> wrote: > Check to confirm that screen recognition didn't get turned on for safari. > When I need info quickly I ask siri or chat gpt & look through the results > they give. > > > Donna > > CJ & AA MAY <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My sighted friends will be chatting, and then get out their phone and > quickly find out the information they need on their phones, but for me, > this is a real trial and I feel sure there must be qa nack to it. > > My iPhone came with Safari as its web browser, which I’ve never changed – > perahps I should? > > But yesterday I couldn’t rid the screen from the last page I looked at – > there were no tabs at the bottom enabling me to carry out a search. > > Some tips would be really useful. > > Alison > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000a01dc2ece%24eb889610%24c299c230%24%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/000a01dc2ece%24eb889610%24c299c230%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/EFDF24C7-1557-481C-B902-DCFB1D1097F9%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/EFDF24C7-1557-481C-B902-DCFB1D1097F9%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAE8cCzqYmbsP%3D7zCR4e7PKesS7aUVanaCqOekL9hWqU2znJmQA%40mail.gmail.com.
