Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 127 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

[boswald]

Which adblocker do you like?
Currently missing for me Extensions (I use just a handful on Chrome):
- Enhancer for YouTube - this one is the most missed one, being able to adjust youtube video playback speed by just clicking the extension's youtube overlay buttons, instead of going back and forth into the youtube playback menu--huge!
- InvisbileHand / PriceBlink or the like -- there's Honey but I don't really care for it.
- Type-Ahead-Find - something that lets me just start typing on a webpage to search through that webpage without having to hit Cmd-F first.

On my iPhone I don’t really browse the web (other than paying pills). On the Mac, I use the standalone copy of AdGuard. I’m fairly sure AG will block in-browser YouTube ads. I’ve never tried InvisibleHand or anything, but after looking it up, I think it’ll be very useful, so thanks for that.

 

[George Zip]

I'd like the ability to automatically say "No" to every "would you like to receive notifications when this page is updated?" request.

 

[RGPphotog]

I expect tab groups will return when they are fixed for Big Sur. It is one feature I am looking forward to. But I don't want the risk of daily driving Monterey Beta. I need stability to get work done. (we still have standard Safari in Big Sur)

The tab/browser bar color thing might be the same situation. It had UI readability issues for some websites, so it may need some tweaking.

It is still very early Beta.

 

[RGPphotog]

I'd like the ability to automatically say "No" to every "would you like to receive notifications when this page is updated?" request.

Safari Preferences > Websites > Notifications. Uncheck "allow" at the bottom.

 

[macguy2021]

I don’t even have macOS 15 yet, but I have to say I have never used anything but Safari on my Mac or iPhone. It’s simple, clean, fast, and works perfectly with the right ad-blocker. No need for anything else! Plus, I feel like I don’t have to go through and disable a bunch of unnecessary crap before I can even use the thing.

I personally use Safari or now Safari Technology Preview for absolutely everything but YouTube on my Mac. On iOS or iPadOS, same thing and I just use the official YouTube app to watch YouTube videos. I really enjoy Safari.

I find even with a T2 or M1 chip Mac that supports native 4K YouTube in Safari and all the improvements they've made, YouTube is still not good on Safari or even Firefox for that matter. It really needs a Chromium based browser to run right it seems. On Firefox, I get GUI glitches and things that'd make you think your video card was going bad like flickering dots and such, and on Safari it always wants to kick back to 1080p or 720p and will often lock up, especially if you are scrolling comments. And it's done it on this M1 MacBook Pro and my last machine which was a 13 inch 2016 MBP.

It's really no fault of Apple's at this point I suspect. With YouTube only working right on a browser also designed and curated by the company who owns YouTube, it's suspect at best. But you don't have to use Chrome. You can use Edge or any of the other Chromium based browsers and it will play proper. Google really needs to at least support Firefox better. I realize it has more use than Safari, so it makes sense to support it before you would Safari, but they at least need to make an effort to make it run on Firefox well so it doesn't seem like a major conflict of interest with Chrome.

 

[TheMacDaddy1]

I personally use Safari or now Safari Technology Preview for absolutely everything but YouTube on my Mac. On iOS or iPadOS, same thing and I just use the official YouTube app to watch YouTube videos. I really enjoy Safari.

I find even with a T2 or M1 chip Mac that supports native 4K YouTube in Safari and all the improvements they've made, YouTube is still not good on Safari or even Firefox for that matter. It really needs a Chromium based browser to run right it seems. On Firefox, I get GUI glitches and things that'd make you think your video card was going bad like flickering dots and such, and on Safari it always wants to kick back to 1080p or 720p and will often lock up, especially if you are scrolling comments. And it's done it on this M1 MacBook Pro and my last machine which was a 13 inch 2016 MBP.

It's really no fault of Apple's at this point I suspect. With YouTube only working right on a browser also designed and curated by the company who owns YouTube, it's suspect at best. But you don't have to use Chrome. You can use Edge or any of the other Chromium based browsers and it will play proper. Google really needs to at least support Firefox better. I realize it has more use than Safari, so it makes sense to support it before you would Safari, but they at least need to make an effort to make it run on Firefox well so it doesn't seem like a major conflict of interest with Chrome.

Hmm zero issues with the latest FF on my Mac with YouTube. I use Ublock and NEVER see ads in YouTube, plus the PIP in FF for YouTube is a must have on a large screen while doing other things.

I use FF and Safari...Chromium browsers are just pigs and Google and Microsoft spy on your too much. Ublock not being on Safari stops me from only using it. Wipr is good but not as good as Ublock on FF.

 

[mattbisme]

They were broken in the previous release on Big Sur. They didn't save when quitting the browser.

I actually filed a bug report for this. I was wondering if they decided to axe them for now instead of fixing it. I was seriously going to make Safari TP my default browser for that feature, haha.

 

[Blowback]

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 release 127 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for CSS, Scrolling, JavaScript, Media, WebRTC, WebAPI, Accessibility, and Rendering.

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 127 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

Loss of 'Tab Overview' is beyond stupid.Come on Apple....REally??? One of THE MOST convenient uses in the menu bar...What a loss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[planetf1]

Lamenting the loss of tab groups on big sur here too. I did raise an issue on lack of saving in 126. Unfortunately I can't yet upgrade to monterey due to needing some mandatory, but not supported security software (work laptop).