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Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser Apple first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed the ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ to test features that may be introduced into future release versions of Safari.

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‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release 166 includes bug fixes and performance improvements for Web Inspector, CSS, JavaScript, Popover, Media, MSE, Web API, and Accessibility.

The current ‌Safari Technology Preview‌ release is version 16.4 and is compatible with machines running macOS Ventura and macOS Monterey.

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. 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.

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soyazul Avatar
soyazul
44 months ago
Please Apple improves the Youtube experience on Safari on Intel Macs. Currently, it is an awful experience.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Realityck Avatar
Realityck
44 months ago

I heard it’s going to be snappier!! 🙂
Safari has been for awhile. There is little improvement now with faster AS Soc’s, and GHz ISP. So could say other browsers need to be as Snappy. :cool:
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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MrNomNoms
44 months ago

Please Apple improves the Youtube experience on Safari on Intel Macs. Currently, it is an awful experience.
The experience on Chrome isn't too much better either - realised you've clicked on the wrong video on the front page so you click the back button only to find that the whole page has been refreshed resulting in the video you were interested in disappearing. In setting you disable previewing when the cursor hovers over the thumb name - go back to the main page and it still previews. I always thought it was Safari but it appears that YouTube is just plain buggy - if a bug appears on Safari but not on CHrome I can almost guarantee you'll see a different bug appear when using Chrome.


Where did AV1 codec support go? It was in there, now it’s pulled?
it is still marked experimental - I wouldn't be surprised if we end up seeing it announced at WWDC this year. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a lot of focus on improving the efficiency of the CODEC so that when it is launched the best possible experience is delivered for end users.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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DeLaSoul
44 months ago
Where did AV1 codec support go? It was in there, now it’s pulled?
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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maxdefcon
44 months ago

Now on Yahoo Mail there is no option anymore in the Spam folder to add a sender to the blocked list, while it is still available while using firefox
Safari has turned into a real dumpster fire
Then use Firefox... problem solved! :)
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steve333
44 months ago
Now on Yahoo Mail there is no option anymore in the Spam folder to add a sender to the blocked list, while it is still available while using firefox
Safari has turned into a real dumpster fire
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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