whoever made opening a new tab in safari take three taps, the last of which is in the bottom left of the screen instead of the bottom right, has some explaining to do
One tap by holding the 3 dots and dragging finger to the “new tab” item.
But I didn’t like “compact” so switched to “bottom” layout for Tabs from Settings > Apps > Safari.
You do have to discover that faster way to do it, and the alternative is three taps.