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Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 128 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

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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.

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Safari Technology Preview release 128 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, CSS, JavaScript, Live Text, Media, Performance API, and Web API.

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.

Notably, this release includes the same changes to the tab layout that were made in macOS Monterey beta 3, now defaulting to separate tab and address bars. The streamlined layout with a single bar remains available in the View menu through the "Show Separate Tab Bar" option.

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.


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thingstoponder said:
No new beta 3 tab design?
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It does have it! You can find it in View -> Show Separate Tab Bar.
There’s also an option to disable colors in the tab bar in preferences (Advanced -> Show color in tab bar).

Personally I like the new combined layout, but I think having these options is even better.

k.alexander said:
Did this bring Tab Groups back?
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This is back, too.
 
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Gmail.com doesn't work, left side panel with all the labels can't be expanded. Not so solid.
 
Its going to take some getting used to , it was better once I turned off the color in tab bar, one site was a dark grey and the next one was a neon orange, it was a bad day for having eyes.
 
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I thought for a second it was saying 128 bits, what we’re done with 64 bits already?:p
 
I realized the little reload icon in the address bar is not working. You can reload the page with Comman+R and also when you first click in the address bar and the press the reload button. But without activating the address bar, the page cannot be reloaded by just pressing the reload icon.
Already submitted it as a bug to Apple, hope they will fix it in the next Preview release.
 
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

Safari Technology Preview release 128 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, CSS, JavaScript, Live Text, Media, Performance API, and Web API.

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 128 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
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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.

Can anyone confirm what the requirements are for the Quick Notes support?
 
thgoepel said:
I realized the little reload icon in the address bar is not working. You can reload the page with Comman+R and also when you first click in the address bar and the press the reload button. But without activating the address bar, the page cannot be reloaded by just pressing the reload icon.
Already submitted it as a bug to Apple, hope they will fix it in the next Preview release.
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Seems to be working fine here
 
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Disney Plus isn't working for me in the STP update.. is it working for anyone else?
 
Gmail also not loading correctly for me. Also the address bar sometimes disappears (using new style tabs). So, one step forward, two steps back so far.
 
Not available for even Catalina? I know the update protocol and all, but given that Apple still doesn't have a Mac Pro that anyone can afford or who would want given the INTEL dumping, shouldn't they start worrying about the operating systems their pro users still use?
 
hoping for a built-in safari extension to convert white background webpages into dark mode
 
BaltimoreMediaBlog said:
Not available for even Catalina? I know the update protocol and all, but given that Apple still doesn't have a Mac Pro that anyone can afford or who would want given the INTEL dumping, shouldn't they start worrying about the operating systems their pro users still use?
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If you are able to upgrade yourself, why would you subject yourself to the WORST OS release Apple has put out in the last decade?
 
BaltimoreMediaBlog said:
Not available for even Catalina? I know the update protocol and all, but given that Apple still doesn't have a Mac Pro that anyone can afford or who would want given the INTEL dumping, shouldn't they start worrying about the operating systems their pro users still use?
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I bet most of their pro users are on Big Sur.
 
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Solid update 🤣

After using STP for about 90 versions I just decided to delete it and move on.
75% of the time they ship basic functionality broken.

If you use it for facebook you can jump on the "I use it daily as my main browser without any issues" bandwagon like the cool kids. YMMV.
 
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