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Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 15 With Bug Fixes and Feature Tweaks

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

Safari Technology Preview release 15 includes bug fixes and updates for fetch API, JavaScript, CSS, web APIs, Web Inspector, media, accessibility, URL handling, and Safari Extensions.

Starting with release 14, Safari Technology Preview includes regular updates and bug fixes for Safari's WebDriver implementation.

The Safari Technology Preview update is available through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store to anyone who has downloaded the browser. Versions are available for developers running both macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan. Full release notes for the update are available on the Safari Technology Preview website.

Apple's goal with Safari Technology Preview is to gather feedback from developers and users on its browser development process. Safari Technology Preview can be 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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Using Chrome there isn't a great reason to use Safari. It has been really quirky in comparison...based on my use.
 
groovyd said:
unfortunately i gave up on this last release and don't see myself going back... just too many bugs
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It's for web developers to know what's coming down the pipe and make fixes/enhancements to projects accordingly. It's not meant for the average Joe to be using as a daily browser.
 
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The difference between the regular safari and the TP is very minor, at least to a user. I play with it from time to time but don't see any major benefits so usually just let the default safari do its thing.
 
blanks said:
It's for web developers to know what's coming down the pipe and make fixes/enhancements to projects accordingly. It's not meant for the average Joe to be using as a daily browser.
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It is however available to average Joe, and does a good job as a browser.
 
And there is still no webRTC. Apple are really procrastinating on this! Chrome, Firefox, IE all have this, but Apple continue to hold back the future of web technology.
 
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I'm slightly confused... When exactly will these features leave the beta phase?

I thought the full release was set out simultaneously with Sierra.
 
Andres Cantu said:
Safari needs to catch-up in the HTML5 test score. Even Microsoft beats it now!
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Well the Safari Technology Preview 15 gets 415 points on html5test.com, which is the first time Safari has been able to get 400 or more points. Safari 9 had a score of 360, Safari 9.1 had a score of 370 and Safari 10 managed a score of 383 points. So, Safari is headed in the right direction, only a bit slower than I would have preferred.
 
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> fetch API

Oh god, it was available in Chrome and Firefox almost 2 years ago.

Safari is really the new IE.
 
pier said:
> fetch API

Oh god, it was available in Chrome and Firefox almost 2 years ago.

Safari is really the new IE.
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The article says it includes bug fixes to fetch API, not that it's a new feature.

Anyway, which browser would you recommend then?
 
star-affinity said:
The article says it includes bug fixes to fetch API, not that it's a new feature.

Anyway, which browser would you recommend then?
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Yes, bug fixes on the fetch API that is still not available in the public channel.

http://caniuse.com/#search=fetch

I'm really happy with Chrome v56 on the Canary channel. Features, performance, RAM consumption, and energy have never been better in macOS.
 
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JaguarF said:
Well the Safari Technology Preview 15 gets 415 points on html5test.com, which is the first time Safari has been able to get 400 or more points. Safari 9 had a score of 360, Safari 9.1 had a score of 370 and Safari 10 managed a score of 383 points. So, Safari is headed in the right direction, only a bit slower than I would have preferred.
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Hmm, that's a 32 point improvement. I'll take it, I guess :)
 
pier said:
Yes, bug fixes on the fetch API that is still not available in the public channel.

http://caniuse.com/#search=fetch
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Aha, I see… :(
Will come to the public with the next release I guess.

pier said:
I'm really happy with Chrome v56 on the Canary channel. Features, performance, RAM consumption, and energy have never been better in macOS.
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Okay, good to know! I'm actually jumping around between Safari, Chromium/Chrome and sometimes Firefox quite a bit. I think it's impressive how progressively Chromium/Chrome is developed, but it feels like Apple has stepped things up a notch with Safari as of late and its tech preview releases. What I do miss in the other browsers that Safari has is the tab overview (”Show all tabs”) that is also searchable. Very convenient when one has a lot of tabs open and it's a function I sent as feedback to Apple years ago. :)
 
star-affinity said:
I think it's impressive how progressively Chromium/Chrome is developed, but it feels like Apple has stepped things up a notch with Safari as of late and its tech preview releases.
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Yes, Google has a lot of man power working on Chromium. It seems Apple has been in investing in Webkit too lately.

Safari was lagging in terms of ES6 features and stuff like fetch, but the tech previews are getting much better. Hopefully Safari for iOS will also get better.
 
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