Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 240 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 240 includes fixes and updates for CSS, Editing, Forms, HTML, Media, PDF, Rendering, SVG, Scrolling, Web API, Web Extensions, Web Inspector, and WebAssembly.

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.

Article Link: Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 240 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

 

[benface]

REVERT-RULE! YES!!!!

 

[MCKLMT]

Speedometer3.1 Benchmark realized with a MacBook Pro M4 Pro on macOS Tahoe 26.4 (higher is better)

1. Safari Technology Preview Version 240: 50.3
2. Safari Version 26.4: 40.7
3. Chrome Version 146.0.7680.165: 39.1
4. Edge Version 146.0.3856.84: 38.1

 

[BrodieQ]

Disappointed in the lack of compact tabs to bring parity with release version of Safari in 26.4, but that's still a fresh update, I suppose.

 

[MCKLMT]

Disappointed in the lack of compact tabs to bring parity with release version of Safari in 26.4, but that's still a fresh update, I suppose.

I think they will come back next release.

 

[Brian_v11]

Speedometer3.1 Benchmark realized with a MacBook Pro M4 Pro on macOS Tahoe 26.4

1. Safari Technology Preview Version 240: 50.3
2. Safari Version 26.4: 40.7
3. Chrome Version 146.0.7680.165: 39.1
4. Edge Version 146.0.3856.84: 38.1

My ignorance, but is higher or lower better?

 

[MCKLMT]

My ignorance, but is higher or lower better?

Higher is better

 

[mithrandil]

Hope that the mobile safari version will get support for the pointer lock API … and also support for vibrate aka haptic touch API. Performance doesn’t matter anymore as devices are so fast these days

 

[benface]

Hope that the mobile safari version will get support for the pointer lock API … and also support for vibrate aka haptic touch API. Performance doesn’t matter anymore as devices are so fast these days

What a problematic take!