leoncowle, 5 months ago

@davemark Rewritten my reply several times now, as I read the other replies and came to realize what you're actually asking. :)

If you’re suggesting a simple confirmation dialog that multiple private browsing tabs will be closed, I think you're right -- that would be better.

(And not that you were suggesting this) But definitely no specific prompts “Are you sure you want to close google.com and pornhub.xxx?’, of course, which should remain totally private until unlocked.

davemark, 5 months ago

@leoncowle Perfectly put. Was a hard concept to explain. Thanks for encapsulating it so well.

peternlewis, 5 months ago

@davemark I think this is a general bug in Safari related to Command-W. I have had is sporadically close the window instead of a tab (non-private windows) randomly for years. Before they closed the Trailer site, I'd regularly have that open with a bunch of tabs, and every now and then closing the tab would close the whole window (thank heavens for Reopen last closed window!).

davemark, 5 months ago

@peternlewis Thing is, it's not sporadic. It's a programmed behavior of the Private window locking feature hiding all the tabs behind a single closable object.

lumaa, 5 months ago

@davemark Feature, can be disabled in Safari settings, available both on iOS and macOS

davemark, 5 months ago

@lumaa Are you referring to the "Require Touch ID to view locked tabs" setting?

If so, the issue is what happens when that is enabled, it hides the multiple tabs under a single window, which are all closed with a single click.

Different behavior from any other window.

Or did you mean a different setting?

lapcatsoftware, 5 months ago

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davemark, 5 months ago

@lapcatsoftware Happens on every Mac I own, including Intel Macs. Maybe it's my description?

Open a private browsing window in Safari, add multiple tabs, then quit Safari (or reboot) so you get the "Touch ID/password" screen protecting that window.

So far so good?

All those tabs are hidden behind a single tab, yes? The one asking for the password?

Close the window, all the tabs are closed.

Clearer?

lapcatsoftware, 5 months ago

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davemark, 5 months ago

@lapcatsoftware Thinking Apple should prompt you in some way "Multiple tabs in that window, you sure you want to close all of them?", like that.

davemark, 5 months ago

@lapcatsoftware Yup.