There’s more control of of the tabs, as well, in the form of Tab Groups, which allow you to essentially bookmark a bunch of sites together, so you can group them into things like Home and Work (assuming those ever become separate things again). Your mileage will vary, of course, but the idea at the heart of it is tying the field to the individual tabs, rather than having it more of a constant presence. It might not seem like much, but after so many generations of the task bar serving as the driving force, it’s admittedly a pretty bold change at the center of the browser.

There’s a pretty radical difference up front: In either case, I haven’t been using Monterey intimately enough to offer something more definitive on the Safari experience. Of course, change is also a necessary part of evolving. And certainly it’s true that people hate disruptions to their workflow - this is likely one of a handful of reasons I’ve never seriously concerned switching to Safari as a default every day browser. There was some concern following the keynote that the updates would only introduce confusion for many users. The browser gets some key updates with every major macOS refresh, but this is one of the largest in recent memory. Some initial thoughts - Let’s start with Safari.