Safari Feature Flags

Thanks for the info Alancito!

So, my next question is...

Is it ok and/or Safe to click on the "Reset All to Defaults" and, will anything bad happen to my iPhone IF I do so?

I'm just wondering with all the hundreds of these Feature Flags IF they're Useful to myself or IF taking up space on my iPhone?

And true confession here, I'm not very technically inclined, so my questions may even sound bizarre to those of you who do know all about cell phones and the internet etc...

The only reason I have an iPhone 14 is bcuz that's what my kids have, and they said that, if I get the iPhone 14, then that way they could help me with some of the smaller issues. However, like myself, they have absolutely No Clue regarding these Feature Flags!!

Thanks in Advance...

My phone was just factory reset due to major security/privacy issues and it is also called "feature flags"

I'm on the latest iOS and a brand new Apple ID

Have you added a Safari Extensions?

On my iPhone there is no option called "Feature Flags"

If I tap on Advanced I have Experimental Features. See the pic below

Sadly, I'm not answering your question either, bcuz... I pretty much have the same question as you!!

What the heck are these Webkit Feature Flags?

And why did they change from Experimental Features?

I recently changed from iPhone 8 to iPhone 14, but on the iPhone 8 when you click on Advanced and scroll to the bottom, it still takes you to: "Experimental Features"!

But, on the iPhone 14, all those unexplained "Experimental Features" are now called: "Webkit Feature Flags"!

I didn't have a clue what the Experimental Features were and/or what their purpose was for on my iPhone 8, just as I now have no flippin clue as to what the heck all these "Webkit Feature Flags" are, and/or, what the heck they are for on this iPhone 14???

But, there is an option at the bottom that says: "Reset All to Defaults"..?

I wonder what would happen IF I were to do so???

Being not very technically inclined, I'm sooo afraid to do anything bcuz I'm scared I'll really mess up the phone...

But, I'd still really like to know What "Webkit Feature Flags" are, and IF we really need all those features to be Turned On or Not, bcuz I sure as heck didn't click on any of them in order to Turn any of them On!?!

I'd also like to know What will happen IF I were to Reset All to Defaults???

And, with there being sooo many of these Webkit Feature Flags already Turned On, IF I were to actually Reset them Back to Default, I'd never be able to Remember which ones were On or Not IF they were Needed to be set back to the way they were/are as of now!?

Well, Thanks for the Thread! Hopefully someone will actually answer the question and let us know WHAT They Are and WHAT Each of Their Purpose Is, and IF it's ok to "Reset" them All "Back to Defaults" to However they Once Were! That is, IF they were set Differently at one time?

Anyway, Ciao for now and Happy Easter 2024.....

Kaycee-1 wrote: "I have absolutely No Idea of what they are or what their purpose is for???"

A search engine found this:

"WebKit provides a way to expose a feature flag to a client application at runtime, and have that application toggle the feature. This lets us to start work on experimental features without fully exposing them to the Web, but allows Web developers to turn them on and test." Source:

Feature Flags – WebKit

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To view what 'feature flags' are turned on in your I-phone do the following:

settings>

Safari>

scroll to the bottom and hit

Advanced>

scroll to the bottom and see feature flags.

These are supposed to be for developers experimental features, however, when one turns them all off you will very likely have problems using Safari on your iPhone. I only recently turned mine back on because I couldn't use Safari on my phone while they were turned off.

Yes, without explanation the name has changed with recent updates. What I see today on my 2 iPads:

iPad A running iPadOS 16.7.8…..   what has been an ever growing list of presumed experimental features is still listed under the ‘experimental features’ tab.

iPad B running iPadOS 17.5.1…..   the exhaustingly growing list is now under the ‘Feature Flags’ tab.

I was actually going through my phone and have come across this. Curious as to what Al of this info is!

I reset. I think it’s a good thing if you do not know what you are doing.

On my iPhone 8 they are still called Experimental Features! But... On my iPhone 14, although pretty much the same features, they're called "Webkit Feature Flags"...

However, I have absolutely No Idea of what they are or what their purpose is for???

Kaycee-1 wrote: "...Is it ok and/or Safe to click on the "Reset All to Defaults"

Yes.

"...and, will anything bad happen to my iPhone IF I do so?"

No.

"I'm just wondering with all the hundreds of these Feature Flags IF they're Useful to myself or IF taking up space on my iPhone?"

Some of them are necessary for some websites to display / function correctly.

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I think you’re hilarious!! I totally agree with your question/points made! I too have this same issue/question/curiosity/need/wonder/problem. I am hoping someone is brave enough to reset to defaults and let us know! 😁

My iPhone 14 has sooo many issues as it is, from my Home Screen resetting itself to the Default Display over and over, to my phone being extremely Selective and IT choosing when IT wants to make a sound for incoming text messages and/or incoming phone calls, so I end up missing many messages and many calls, especially from my kids, who get upset with me when I'm not responding right away!

So, as of Today, like as soon as I Finish texting This Reply, I'm just going to Reset my Feature Flags to Default and See what our if anything bad happens, and whether or not I'm going to have to deal with any Consequences!!!

And then, IF I don't Forget to come back on here (bcuz I do sometimes have a bad memory), I will hopefully come back on here to let you All know Whether or Not IF anything Bad has occurred with the using of my iPhone 14 After Resetting my Feature Flags to Default!

Fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞 that no other issues pop up.....

Ciao for now apple friends 🙋🏻‍♀️.

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