I really hope they dial back that Safari redesign before the final release. Tab legibility is far more important than ~20px of vertical space, even on a 13" laptop screen.
I find it incredible that they hide the title of the current tab. While it's active, you can only see its URL, and you have to switch to another tab to see its title. This is madness, no?
Absolutely. Hiding the title and only showing the favicon when you have too many tabs open sucks too—the first 2-3 characters of a title is a much better identifier than a favicon, especially when you have tons of tabs from the same site open. Safari 14 already does this and it drives me insane.
Seems as if they've taken inspiration from Firefox's recent redesign.