Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 235 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 235 includes fixes and updates for CSS, Canvas, Clipboard, Editing, Encoding, Forms, HTML, JavaScript, MathML, Media, Networking, Rendering, SVG, Web API, Web Inspector, WebAssembly, and WebRTC.

The current Safari Technology Preview release is compatible with machines running macOS Sequoia and macOS Tahoe, 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.

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[Abydos]

I agree, someone will care when these 'fixes' appear in a safari update but until then it serves as a heads up for developers

 

[coolfactor]

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I care. As a web app developer, I live on the bleeding edge. Safari Tech Preview is my primary browser.

 

[BeatsByTim]

I care. As a web app developer, I live on the bleeding edge. Safari Tech Preview is my primary browser.

I’m a web app developer. I mostly ignore desktop safari

 

[mdriftmeyer]

I’m a web app developer. I mostly ignore desktop safari

No one asked, but 26.2 is right up there with standards across all competing browsers.

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[BeatsByTim]

It’s consistently the last to implement new css stuff. It’s kind of like IE was back in the day, unfortunately.

 

[Wx_Man]

How long before Safari updates are subscription only ?

 

[judgeFire]

Cursors still broken, like in regular Safari 26. Almost all the resize ones and wait, progress and zooms, too. https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/tryit.php?filename=trycss_cursor

 

[Mikeeea]

Do people still use Safari really??
Chrome is the internet.

 

[mdriftmeyer]

It’s consistently the last to implement new css stuff. It’s kind of like IE was back in the day, unfortunately.

Firefox was beg to differ. Even worse is Edge.

If you go to developer settings for the latest Technology Preview you'll note all but less than a few handful of features in the most recent standards are now set to Testable and Previews which are the last stages to Stable.

 

[coolfactor]

It’s consistently the last to implement new css stuff. It’s kind of like IE was back in the day, unfortunately.

IE, back in the day, was not following standards. Websites needed to be coded for two targets... (1) IE and (2) every other browser. That was IE's downfall.

 

[judgeFire]

Cursors still broken, like in regular Safari 26. Almost all the resize ones and wait, progress and zooms, too. https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/tryit.php?filename=trycss_cursor

This got fixed in (Regular) Safari 26.3