Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 23 With Bug Fixes and Feature Improvements

[MacRumors]

Apple today released a new 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 23 includes fixes and improvements for Gamepads, Pointer Lock, Media, Accessibility, and Web Inspector.

The Safari Technology Preview update is available through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store 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.

Article Link: Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 23 With Bug Fixes and Feature Improvements

 

[dan9700]

Apple today released a new 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 23 includes fixes and improvements for Gamepads, Pointer Lock, Media, Accessibility, and Web Inspector.

The Safari Technology Preview update is available through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store 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.

Article Link: Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 23 With Bug Fixes and Feature Improvements

[doublepost=1486577264][/doublepost]is this newer than the 10.12.4 beta 2 one

 

[arnoz]

[doublepost=1486577264][/doublepost]is this newer than the 10.12.4 beta 2 one

And years after Chrome, still no WebRTC support. Don't get me wrong, I prefer Safari personally. But this is stupid.

 

[bartvk]

And years after Chrome, still no WebRTC support. Don't get me wrong, I prefer Safari personally. But this is stupid.

You know, I've never really felt the need for WebRTC. I've done Hangouts for an online course, or the regular Facetime calls with my parents. But not anything remotely related to WebRTC.

 

[KingOfStuff]

I would very much love the ability to enable Favicons. Please at least give us the option.

 

[JamesPDX]

Anybody getting Amazon Video to work in this? As in force Amazon to send HTML5 video?

 

[arnoz]

You know, I've never really felt the need for WebRTC. I've done Hangouts for an online course, or the regular Facetime calls with my parents. But not anything remotely related to WebRTC.

Yeah I get your point. I guess it's a personal thing: I need it for my job pretty much everyday, so I have to use Chrome just for that specific app requiring WebRTC

 

[coolfactor]

Yeah I get your point. I guess it's a personal thing: I need it for my job pretty much everyday, so I have to use Chrome just for that specific app requiring WebRTC

I think that's the best way to go. No reason you need to have one browser doing everything. Use them side-by-side like individual applications. I just wish we could configure different default browsers "per application".

 

[arnoz]

I think that's the best way to go. No reason you need to have one browser doing everything. Use them side-by-side like individual applications. I just wish we could configure different default browsers "per application".

I personally (I might be wrong…) don't agree with the multi browser approach: if Safari is native on OS X and I like it, why can't it support most/all standards? It's not like WebRTC is a brand new protocol.

 

[larrylaffer]

I personally (I might be wrong…) don't agree with the multi browser approach: if Safari is native on OS X and I like it, why can't it support most/all standards? It's not like WebRTC is a brand new protocol.

I completely agree. It's worth mentioning that WebRTC is completely open as well, which in my opinion means Apple has that much more of a duty to support it. Promoting open standards is A Good Thing™.

 

[Dan From Canada]

I completely agree. It's worth mentioning that WebRTC is completely open as well, which in my opinion means Apple has that much more of a duty to support it. Promoting open standards is A Good Thing™.

Could it be that Apple does not want to support anything that competes with Facetime?

 

[sudo1996]

Could it be that Apple does not want to support anything that competes with Facetime?

Hmm. Maybe, but my guess would just be that Apple has somehow been taking a long time to ensure their implementation is secure.

BTW, is Hangouts more efficient with WebRTC? I currently avoid using Hangouts partially because it's mind-blowingly inefficient and wrecks my rMBP. Like, I've seen better things written in frickin Java. FaceTime sips power in comparison.
[doublepost=1486623821][/doublepost]I guess I've switched permanently to Safari Dev Preview since my regular Safari randomly broke.

 

[friednoodles]

Just last month Apple checked in WebRTC support into WebKit.

See this changeset: https://trac.webkit.org/changeset/210942

Obviously supporting it in WebKit is only one part of the work that needs to be done (all the permissions and associated UI stuff has to be built for Safari and the OS, etc), but it's a pretty substantial part of the work.

 

[bartvk]

Yeah I get your point. I guess it's a personal thing: I need it for my job pretty much everyday, so I have to use Chrome just for that specific app requiring WebRTC

Interesting, thanks. Obviously it's then used, and used in a business environment at that. Useful data point for me.

 

[atikalz]

I would very much love the ability to enable Favicons. Please at least give us the option.

Absolutely. No Favicons -> No Safari.

 

[Vashetti]

Still 419 out of 555 on html5test.

 

[KingOfStuff]

Still 419 out of 555 on html5test.

take it easy. there's probably only one engineer working Safari.

 

[TomA]

take it easy. there's probably only one engineer working Safari.

As opposed to the thirty that Tim Cook has working on making the iPhone .02 mm thinner.
[doublepost=1487522828][/doublepost]These technology previews are not very stable. Mine loses contact with the internet about every hour and needs to be restarted. Anyone know a way to revert to the release version?