Sidelining Safari

It was bound to happen. For months, I’ve done my best to prevent this, but eventually, my patience and tolerance weren’t enough. Here I am, writing a post about how I finally decided to ditch Safari as my main browser, and replace it with third-party options. This change was a slow process somehow — spanning a couple of weeks or so — but the gravitational forces of better options were very difficult to escape once I upgraded my work computer to Tahoe, and got to witness Liquid Glass, the mess of it all, and how right most critics were. Safari on Tahoe works fine, I guess, but so many little things feel wrong (it’s a theme with Tahoe and Liquid Glass). For example, I can’t tell at first glance which tab is active, despite the enormous amount of screen real estate occupied by the address, tab, and bookmark bars. Meanwhile, the Safari extension situation is frustrating as always, and, in 2026, it is still impossible to use the search engine of your choice without requiring an extension…