Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 138 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

[MacRumors]

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 138 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, CSS, Experimental Model Element, Media, Web Animation, WebAuthn, SVG, Web API, Service Workers, WebRTC, WebAssembly, and Web Extensions.

The current Safari Technology Preview release is built on the Safari 15.4 update and it includes Safari 15 features introduced in macOS Monterey.

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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[TracesOfArsenic]

Regular Safari feels experimental enough to me. I'd love it to be stable and reliable like other browsers. I guess when you don't make money off it there's no incentive.

 

[RGPphotog]

Lets go Tab Group Sync!!!

 

[JosephAW]

Meanwhile those of use who can’t upgrade our hardware or software are thrown under the bus. Good thing there’s alternative browsers that don’t rely on Apple’s framework.

 

[Realityck]

Meanwhile those of use who can’t upgrade our hardware or software are thrown under the bus. Good thing there’s alternative browsers that don’t rely on Apple’s framework.

I had a 2012 retina MBP was still able to receive Safari 15x updates for Catalina (the last OS for it), never used the Safari Technology Preview that was always a version ahead, but I eventually got the same version of Safari.

 

[Skeith]

Hows the adblock addon situation over at Safari~?

Some sites are just atrocious to browse without adblock~

 

[gank41]

Hows the adblock addon situation over at Safari~?

Some sites are just atrocious to browse without adblock~

There's plenty of options out there, but what I don't like is this cluttered mess.
I wish Safari had an overflow menu like Chrome & Firefox...

 

[isomorphic]

Hows the adblock addon situation over at Safari~?

Nothing compares to uBlock Origin with appropriate blocklists. Apple's attempt to make Safari more "private" by restricting the extension APIs just exposes Safari users to more privacy-destroying advertising.

 

[california_kid]

Does this "Technology" allow me to use Safari on 99% of websites where I'm forced to use Chrome?

 

[ian87w]

I had a 2012 retina MBP was still able to receive Safari 15x updates for Catalina (the last OS for it), never used the Safari Technology Preview that was always a version ahead, but I eventually got the same version of Safari.

The same version, but doesn't have the same UX/UI. 15.2 on Catalina feels the same like 14.

 

[ErikGrim]

Still broken under 15.2 release candidate. Uh oh.

 

[PeterJP]

Does it include the fix for the same-origin privacy leak bug?

 

[MrWeenus]

Still broken under 15.2 release candidate. Uh oh.

What is exactly broken? It works for me without any issues.

 

[Jim Lahey]

Hoping for a working prototype bookmarks sidebar one of these days. It continues to shake my belief in Apple that they broke it on purpose and don’t seem to care one little bit.

 

[Jim Lahey]

Hows the adblock addon situation over at Safari~?

Some sites are just atrocious to browse without adblock~

I use 1Blocker in iOS, iPadOS and macOS. Tried a few over the years but 1Blocker always seems to win for me. Very customisable and does what it says on the tin. As a paid subscriber it also offers an on-device local VPN service for blocking trackers in apps. Unfortunately that feature cannot be used simultaneously with a regular VPN. Also synchronises customisations and settings across devices if you so wish. In my experience it’s the best, most fully featured ad/tracking blocker out there.

 

[nCode]

Have they fixed the bug which stops extensions from responding when clicking the icon?

I have to disable and re-enable each extension from time to time, very frustrating.

 

[michelb76]

Hows the adblock addon situation over at Safari~?

Some sites are just atrocious to browse without adblock~

Adguard is just unparalleled. I haven't seen a normal ad in years.

 

[44267547]

What is exactly broken? It works for me without any issues.

Nothing. I suspect that was just mere sarcasm. I’ve already tested it, it works perfectly fine.

 

[elptdbi3lYI]

Disappointing that address bar has still not been reverted to full functionality when using old tabs

 

[tigres]

Normal safari freezes on me once a day, without fail. Acts like internet connection is no longer- and I have to kill it and re-open. Is this a thing, Or my install in anyones opinion?

 

[gank41]

I see that the Sidebar still reverts back to root level / default when you close & reopen Safari Tech Preview. If I drill down to my Reading List and then scroll down a ways or search for a specific link, and then close the SideBar to get my screen real estate back, you have to start all over by drilling down to that spot again in your list. Sometimes I need to reference 2-4 or more links that I've added to my Reading List that I saved maybe all in a row 3 months ago. Now that the Sidebar is borked, you have to manually get to each like you're starting from scratch each time.

Before, when the Sidebar would ONLY run up to the Address Bar and stay within the Body of Safari itself, you could keep the Sidebar open on the Safari Start Page, and then it would just not be there on other pages when you selected a link from it and navigated away. Open a new tab to the Safari Start Page, boom- Sidebar is exactly where you left it. It was only on the Start Page and it always consistently stayed exactly in the state you left it. You scrolled down to some link in your Reading List from 6 months ago and now you're back at your Start Page again? There's that same spot in your Reading List in the Sidebar, too.

Why is this so hard? And all in the name of satisfying the HIG team folks?

 

[Ultimacn]

I have no issues with Safari at all other than LinkedIn not working correctly with iCloud Private Relay which is Beta anyway. Ad blocking done by Wipr on both my iPhone and Mac which works perfectly.

 

[MacMike9]

Let's face it. In the last couple of years Safari has devolved into quite the crap browser.

 

[jimmirehman]

for F&%ks sake, all i want to do is add something to my cart on Homedepot.com

 

[jhwalker]

For the past couple of months (i.e., the last several releases), Safari Tech Preview has almost always failed to complete navigation when opening a new tab or typing a new address into an existing tab; e.g., click on a link in an email, a new tab opens with the correct URL in the navigation bar, but the page never loads. Same when choosing to open a new tab and typing a URL in - no go. If you click "x" to stop and then reload, it USUALLY works. Safari (the non-Tech Preview version) does not exhibit this problem, nor does Chrome or Firefox on the same machine.

Anyone else seeing this or any ideas on how to troubleshoot? I like using Tech Preview, but this is pretty irritating :/