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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.

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Safari Technology Preview 209 includes fixes and updates for Browser, CSS, Rendering, Scrolling, SVG, Text, Web API, Web Extensions, and Web Inspector.

The current Safari Technology Preview release is compatible with machines running macOS Sonoma and macOS Sequoia, the newest version of macOS.

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.

Article Link: Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 209 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
 
You have piqued my interest. Can you share a link to the App Store download for this?
Sure.


To get full uBlock Origin you have to enable Firefox extensions and install it. Should be obvious in settings.
 
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I've been using Orion on iOS for a while now, mostly because it gives me uBlock Origin. Browsing without that is horrific.

I'll keep using Firefox on Mac.
Interesting, haven't seen or heard of anyone using Firefox in a fat, chunky minute.

What is your reasoning, if I may ask, for using Firefox instead of, say, Opera, Safari, or Chrome? Chrome I can kinda see because Google collects a butt ton of data from us
 
You have piqued my interest. Can you share a link to the App Store download for this?

You can also look here for more information, the links are there too:


Good thing is it can be used on older macOS and maybe iOS versions where the latest Safari isn't supported anymore.
 
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Interesting, haven't seen or heard of anyone using Firefox in a fat, chunky minute.

What is your reasoning, if I may ask, for using Firefox instead of, say, Opera, Safari, or Chrome? Chrome I can kinda see because Google collects a butt ton of data from us

Do you maybe have some good browser benchmarks for me? I can't decide if I should switch to Mullvad, LibreWolf, Mercury, Floorp, Waterfox or Zen Browser.

Maybe one of those isn't that fat and chunky. :p
 
Safari Technology Preview is my daily driver. It's fast, light, rock solid, private and works with every site I care to use. Absolutely love it!
 
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Safari Technology Preview 209 includes fixes and updates for Browser, CSS, Rendering, Scrolling, SVG, Text, Web API, Web Extensions, and Web Inspector.
Sounds like crazily ambitious/edgy technology of the future. I can't wait...
 
When I was young I'd be installing this stuff in a second. Now I'm old and just travel the world. My time for being a geek has ended. 😀

I certainly hope you young people keep providing input. In my day it was telling Firefox folks why their plugin APIs were failing. FF 0.92b2 was still the best (and most innovative) browser in history.

Be able to say the same about the next Safari!
 
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