No Privacy Selection Capability in Safari under iOS 8.1

I am mystified. On my iPhone 6 I don't have the capability to turn Privacy on or off in Safari under iOS 8.1. There is absolutely no 'Privacy' button when I select the double boxes while on a web page. In addition, the Safari setting has the 'Clear History and Website Data' selection grayed out (non-selectable), as well as when looking at 'History' in the Bookmarks area, it has the 'Clear' grayed out. What am I missing here? Please advise. Thanks!

Nevermind, answered my own question. I have a restriction to Limit Adult Content fin Safari. It appears that when there is that restriction, the Private function is non-operable. When I allow all websites, the Privacy capability goes into effect. Interesting, and I am not sure I understand why it works that way.

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So basically I think this is a bug, and that iOS Safari should either render that SELECT element with the OPTIONS visible to the user, or it should ignore the SIZE property and render that element like a "normal" SELECT menu where only one option is visible at a time.
Thank you!

Check here for Safari HTML guidelines: Safari HTML Reference
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Pure88 wrote:
The only problem with safari under iOS 5 is when you have 9 tabs opened (which is often the case for me) you don't find anymore which is the right tab when you come back, while under iOS 4 it was far more easier thanks to the picture of the page.
Fair point, but it obviously now makes sense keeping fewer pages open. This is now easy to do as you can just add them to 'Reading List' so you can return to them later and since the Reading List syncs to your other devices they are available anywhere you might be browsing which HAS to be a plus.
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On the whole I do prefer the new Safari and from the reviews I've read, it seems that most others do also. In any case, there's no point wishing for the old behaviour as it's surely gone for good. Better to embrace the new way of working and learn to love that, so when they change to something else in iOS 6, you'll have something to complain about.

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Pure88 wrote:
The only problem with safari under iOS 5 is when you have 9 tabs opened (which is often the case for me) you don't find anymore which is the right tab when you come back, while under iOS 4 it was far more easier thanks to the picture of the page.
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On the whole I do prefer the new Safari and from the reviews I've read, it seems that most others do also. In any case, there's no point wishing for the old behaviour as it's surely gone for good. Better to embrace the new way of working and learn to love that, so when they change to something else in iOS 6, you'll have something to complain about.

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SapienSeven wrote:
I am confusd by the question. Safari Reader is still there. Apple moved the button to the left side of the address/search bar and also changed it's appearance.
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