Safari on iPadOS optimized to work with at least some versions of websites on desktops

The next Apple iPadOS is designed to provide more desktop functionality to iPads with larger screens. To this end, Safari has a major redesign allowing it to display desktop versions of its websites.

At first, Apple does this by adapting Safari's mobile "user agent" – that aspect of the software that recovers and interacts with web content – to allow the iOS browser to recover the variety of workstations. work a default website. than his mobile counterpart.

In addition to that, Apple seems to be optimizing custom iPadOS The Safari user agent must include touch and keyboard interaction with at least some popular websites. As emphasized by The edgeDieter Bohn in his brief test of Google Docs, Apple made it possible to use touch to press the menu buttons.

Google Docs has long been a huge problem on the iPad, for two reasons. First, Google's own software iPad The application is horrible and the company seems determined not to update it to work better. Second, Google Docs in Safari on the Internet. iPad At the present time, you will be redirected to this application even if you 'ask for a desktop site'.

Sure iPadOSHowever, Google Docs in Safari looks great.

While I only spent five minutes searching, I immediately looked for what I did not expect to work at all – and it worked. Keyboard shortcuts for formatting and style of headers, comments, cursor location, and even real-time viewing of another person's changes in the document all worked.

For the productivity suite, Safari for iPadOS seems to be redesigning the web interface to further align with the desktop functionality of the site. Of course, we do not yet know how far this optimization extends – is it available only for a handful of commonly used desktop sites, for example, or will Apple's implementation be more expandable? – but that's at least a sign that Apple is doing a lot under the hood to launch Safari iPad more than a desktop user experience.

iPadOS will incorporate several features recognizing the function of the tablet as a potential replacement for the computer, including a new home screen, an updated split view to improve multitasking, an improved support for the computer. Apple Pencil and additional keyboard shortcuts for use with physical keyboards. iPadOS must be published in the fall.