Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 126 With macOS Monterey Features

was waiting for this impatiently, Just deleted my Monterey Install a few days ago, waiting for the beta 3 at least now.

Edit: The download link is disabled for macOS 11.5 now and says: "Requires macOS 11. Coming soon.".
 
dlondon said:
I like how the new tabs blend with the webpage but I'm not sold on having page titles rather than website names – e.g. The Guardian website shows as 'News, sport and...' and not Guardian/The Guardian. If you have multiple tabs open, it may not be obvious which one you want to go to.
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I never really noticed, but Firefox (my default browser) does the same. It's never bothered me, but that could be because we still have favicons to identify the site.

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I'm assuming it'll be available again once they sort out the installation issue which appears to require at least one reboot or a manual deletion of older version's ~/Library content.
 
Tagbert said:
The question is “why are crappy sites using Chrome specific features without testing on any other browsers?”
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This.

It's always

  1. Blink (Chrome) implements feature
  2. Blink submits spec as draft standard; adds "oh look, we already have a reference implementation!"
  3. Web devs happily adopt it
  4. Web devs immediately blame Gecko (Mozilla) and WebKit (Apple) for "lagging behind"
  5. Spec is actually still being heavily discussed and nowhere near Candidate Recommendation — but since Chrome already has it and websites have already started relying on it, the damage is done
 
MacRumors said:


Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed the Safari Technology Preview to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari.

Safari-Technology-Preview-Feature.jpg

The current Safari Technology Preview release is built on the new Safari 15 update included in macOS Monterey, and as such, it includes several Safari 15 features. There's a new streamlined tab bar with support for Tab Groups to organize tabs, along with improved support for Safari Web Extensions.

Live Text allows users to select and interact with text in images on the web, but the macOS Monterey beta and an M1 Mac is required. There's also Quick Notes support for adding links and Safari highlights to remember important information and ideas.

Other updates include WebGL 2 and new HTML, CSS, and JavaScript features.

The new Safari Technology Preview update is available for both macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey, the newest version of the Mac operating system that's set to release this fall.

The Safari Technology Preview update is available through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences to anyone who has downloaded the browser. Full release notes for the update are available on the Safari Technology Preview website.

Apple's aim with Safari Technology Preview is to gather feedback from developers and users on its browser development process. Safari Technology Preview can run side-by-side with the existing Safari browser and while designed for developers, it does not require a developer account to download.

Article Link: Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 126 With macOS Monterey Features
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Looks like the Big Sur download has been pulled. Wasn't able to download it this morning either and link is now gone.
 
paulovsouza said:
Probably the same people that hated the new look of iOS 7, but also wants a complete new look.

Am I the only one who is excited for all the new features in this WWDC. I look at Android and they’re doing new colors system wide, and coping all of Apple privacy features, Windows 11 looks like discount MacOS. And this is all free. We don’t pay for it, and every year a phone as old as iPhone 6S gets a fresh update.
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When people cry about the "Apple Tax," I mention the things you just did.
 
5aga said:
I managed to dl before it got pulled.

www.mediafire.com

SafariTechnologyPreview

MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
www.mediafire.com
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Thanks, just for info, this version needs at least 11.3, I have 11.2.3 for iOS apps, so couldn’t install it.
 
GubbyMan said:
I'm on Big Sur but wanted to try out the new Safari design and all I can say is that it's awesome 🔥🔥
One small downside is that I disabled "Show full website address" because it makes every tab small.
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Im not seeing the update in the UK and just getting coming soon?
 

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Interesting. I had the prior STP version installed and also didn't see anything in Software Update, but was able to grab it from the Safari Tech Preview developer page, and just installed straight over the current version. No crashes at launch for me. Everything's working great, actually.. So strange how there can be an all or nothing set of issues like this. Most likely why it was pulled.

Using it today and I'm enjoying the UI changes. The integrated tabs at the top are fine. Better possibly. Although I usually only run a few tabs, 5-8 or so at the most. I could see why it'd be difficult if you had more than 20. Although you can scroll sideways through the list of favicons, and there's the option to close all tabs to the right.

I think I'm going to try using it as my default browser for a bit.
 
Used to be able to drag the Favicon from the URL bar to the Bookmarks Bar to add that site as a favorite, but doesn't seem to work any more. The icon turns into an x to close the tab rather than allow it to be dragged to the bar.
 
chucker23n1 said:
This.

It's always

  1. Blink (Chrome) implements feature
  2. Blink submits spec as draft standard; adds "oh look, we already have a reference implementation!"
  3. Web devs happily adopt it
  4. Web devs immediately blame Gecko (Mozilla) and WebKit (Apple) for "lagging behind"
  5. Spec is actually still being heavily discussed and nowhere near Candidate Recommendation — but since Chrome already has it and websites have already started relying on it, the damage is done
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Hardly. Apple lags way too far behind on web support and it is intentional. Good web apps only mean less revenue to for Apple, so they wait to make sure nothing they support comes back to bite them.

Oh, and I could say the same thing about Apple. Apple updates all of its OS's at a furious pace and introduces thousands of new iOS API's every single year, most of which developers will never even touch, while their apps lag behind.
 
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