Saw this post saying, “Putting the url bar at the bottom [in Safari] is one of the smartest things Apple ever did,” and while I understand, uh… no.
I know this post is hyperbole, and that it’s probably just engagement bait I’m falling for. But the decision to put the URL field at the bottom was a direct result of Apple making bigger phones. When phones were tiny, something like this wasn’t necessary at all. The same is true for swiping to go back. We didn’t need that, because the back button wasn’t as far away as it is now.
These things are nice given the situation we’re in (jumbo phone hell), but that doesn’t make them “smart.” Apple designers are just adapting to problems Apple created.
As a side note: so is everyone else. All third-party developers spend tons of time every year adapting their apps to fit whatever Apple decided on doing that year. Instead of using that time to build the app they want, they build the app that the new hardware expects of it.
Either industry memory is really short, or people weren’t there when phones were tiny. We had it so good for those first 7 years. All iPhones were 320pt wide. Designing an app for only one physical size and only one screen width? That was perfect.

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