safari

06 Aug

Safari beta lets you selectively block distractions like pop-ups

stp2y0 CommentsNewsapple, gear, ios 18, news, safari

Ahead of the full release of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia and more, Apple continues to bring updates to the betas it's made available to early testers. Today, the company has dropped the fifth developer beta to those platforms, and with it comes a few changes to Safari and Photos. Specifically, Apple's browser is getting some tools that could make surfing today's cluttered and overwhelming web pages a lot less distracting, with something called Distraction Control.Is Safari's Distraction Control an ad blocker?To be clear, this isn't intended to be an ad blocker. It's for parts of a page that…

27 Jul

How to Fix the Annoying White Space Issue in iOS Safari: A Beginner’s Guide with Easy Solutions

stp2y0 CommentsNewscoding, community, development, engineering, frontend, inclusive, ios, javascript, safari, software

Have you ever been designing a website and been working on a flawless page when all of a sudden the iOS Safari keyboard appears? There it is—a large blank area that is not welcome on your page. You're not alone, though, if you're scratching your head as to why that is. Let's investigate this peculiar issue and work out a solution. What’s Going On? Imagine this: your user taps on a form field, and the virtual keyboard just magically appears. As it pushes up the content, a little pesky white space shows up at the bottom of the page. It's…