Sure, it may be “faster”, but it’s definitely harder to find the certain tab you’re looking for if most of the tabs are only viewable by a little area at the top. By the looks of it, it’s definitely easier to miss a tab you’re looking for in the older version, and then you will have to spend like 10 more minutes scrolling to find the tab you’re looking for.

I looked up the old layout or the “cascade” layout and it looks more painful to me than the new one. I don’t even remember the old layout since I’m not even a long-time iOS user (this is my first iPhone). Unpopular opinion, but this new layout is better. This new layout is better IMO, but there are a few other problems that kinda bug me

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