Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 202 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

[MacRumors]

Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed Safari Technology Preview to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser.

Safari Technology Preview 202 includes fixes and updates for Accessibility, CSS, Editing, JavaScript, Media, Rendering, SVG, Web Animations, Web API, Web Assembly, and WebDriver.

The current Safari Technology Preview release is compatible with machines running macOS Sonoma and the macOS Sequoia beta. Set to launch this fall, macOS Sequoia is the newest version of macOS that Apple is working on.

The Safari Technology Preview update is available through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences or System Settings to anyone who has downloaded the browser from Apple's website. Complete 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 it is designed for developers, it does not require a developer account to download and use.

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[GeezGlitch]

Is it just me, or does Safari need a complete overhaul? I’d love to see Apple purchase the Arc browser and integrate its design and features into Safari. Even the Safari icon feels outdated!

 

[macfacts]

Apple says there's performance improvements, that's all talk without some numbers from some kind of benchmark.

BrowserBench.org — Browser Benchmarks

 

[Six0Four]

I know something they didn't fix and I don't even have to check to confirm it. Favicon logos disappearing and not being shown.

 

[frou]

Big news that it now supports WasmGC (web assembly with garbage collection), so that even more languages than JavaScript can be used in the browser across both Chrome and Safari.

 

[bobbie424242]

Disappointed the headline is not "Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview With 202 Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements".

 

[galad]

If you count all the individual commits on https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/commits/main/ you probably get to a similar number.

 

[JungleNYC]

I really wish Safari would work with some of the web platforms, like Streamyard. What is Apple NOT doing that causes so many "browser not supported" messages?

 

[Scott6666]

How about they keep it from crashing every few seconds on just about any current news site. Too much JavaScript. Nypost.com is a nightmare.

 

[mscice]

anyone know when safari will support HTTP3? QUIC

 

[Gaprofitt]

Does anyone actually use Safari?

 

[Brian Greenstone]

Still no HDR support?!?