Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 226 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 226 includes fixes and updates for CSS, Canvas, JavaScript, Media, Rendering, Deprecations, SVG, Storage, Web API, Web Extensions, and Web Inspector.

The current Safari Technology Preview release is compatible with machines running macOS Sequoia and macOS Tahoe, the newest version of macOS that's set to launch this later this year.

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 226 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

 

[robfoll]

On Version 26.0 (20622.1.22.11.11) and OS 15.7b7 I'm getting regular failures of Apple Pay.
The Apple Pay field appears, the fingerprint appears, spins a few times, and then finishes. In many instances, Apple Pay is totally unusable. PayPal works every time. I have reported this to Apple in Feedback.

 

[rp2011]

The only issue I have even had with Safari is quickly identifying and closing the tab I am on, or the one with the mic with sound playing. Now, I know that Apple wants a super clean UI, but would it hurt to add color or somehow add more contrast to the currently open tabs? Never an Issue on any other browser I have ever used when it comes to UI element readability. Or is there a customization feature that I have somehow missed? Have closed so many mistaken tabs over this issue.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

Should we update now because it fixes an actively exploited vulnerability? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[MacMediaNet]

Every Safari Technology Preview has performace improvements... Now it must fly at the speed of light.

 

[freysie]

Every Safari Technology Preview has performace improvements... Now it must fly at the speed of light.

It feels snappier for sure.

 

[galad]

Every Safari Technology Preview has performace improvements... Now it must fly at the speed of light.

Do not worry, each years websites become slower, so in the end it will still be as fast as before.

 

[phuklok1]

I truly wish they would stop bundling Safari with OS updates. Didn’t Microsoft get sued for this back in the day?

Having the app be separate would allow updates as necessary and would also allow older devices to continue to browse the web safely since right now, even if the device is still reasonably powerful if it doesn’t receive an OS update, it means that increasingly websites will not work or it is simply insecure.

This is truly unacceptable environmentally and means you cannot even pass on a perfectly usable device for simple browsing to a child or grandparent.

 

[galad]

I truly wish they would stop bundling Safari with OS updates. Didn’t Microsoft get sued for this back in the day? Having the app be separate would allow updates as necessary and would also allow older devices to continue to browse the web safely since right now, even if the device is still reasonably powerful if it doesn’t receive an OS update, it means that increasingly websites will not work or it is simply insecure. This is truly unacceptable environmentally.

Microsoft did get sued because they didn't let third parties sell computer without Internet Explorer. Only Apple ships Macs, so they don't have that issue.

Safari has got 4 major updates each year, and a minor update each month or so, making more releases won't change much, if there is a major security update they just release a new update and that's it.
It's already quite decoupled from macOS, on the previous macOS releases it's a separate update. Could Apple make a version for macOS major releases older than two years? Yes, but the issue is not a technical one.

 

[phuklok1]

so what you’re saying is what Apple is doing is even worse than what Microsoft was sued for. Since Apple requires even third-party browsers to use Safari Web kit as their engine, even if you have a different browser installed, it’s still would not function any differently and your device would be forced into obsolescence

 

[galad]

Of course, and that's why they are being sued and legislations are changing to make Apple allow different engines on iOS, like is already supposed to be possible in the European Union (if not for Apple malicious compliance).

Anyway, all of this could lead to even a bigger share of Chromium base browsers monocolture, the whole web situation is "damned if you do, damned if you don't".