“Safari’s major overhaul occurred when Yosemite was released last year,” Roman Loyola reports for Macworld. “By comparison, the changes to Safari are just a few, but they will have an immediate effect on how you browse the web.”
“Safari tab mute,” Loyola reports. “This feature alone is worth upgrading to El Capitan. Whenever you’re in Safari, there’s a very good chance that you have multiple tabs open. And many websites auto-play media (yes, like Macworld), so you can end up with sound coming from a tab you aren’t currently looking at. The problem is trying to find which tab the sound is coming from so you can mute the audio.”
“In Safari 9, tabs with audio playing show a sound icon in the tab,” Loyola reports. “This makes it easy to spot where the audio is coming from, but Apple goes a bit further. Click the sound icon and it mutes that tab.”
Much more in the full article – recommended – here.
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