An exciting wave has crashed over the tech world as Apple has just dropped the latest update for its Safari Technology Preview. Born in 2016, this cutting-edge browser has been an experimental field for Apple to test potential attributes, the fruits of which could be found in the successive versions of Safari.
Previewing the Safari 17
The 173rd iteration of Safari Technology Preview has introduced functionalities that will be featured in Safari 17, which will accompany macOS Sonoma. The old Experimental Features section under the Develop menu has been substituted by Feature Flags, while the Develop menu itself has undergone a makeover. A significant update has been noted in the Responsive Design Mode, making the webpage designs more adaptable to changes in height and width.
Features on macOS Sonoma and other OS
Apple’s macOS Sonoma will come loaded with a range of features including Profiles for partitioning browsing data such as History and Favorites, web apps, and a boosted private browsing mode. For all operating systems, Apple has incorporated Live Text support for recognizing vertical text in images and videos, support for HEIC, and JPEG XL, a brand new image format offering superior image quality at smaller file sizes compared to JPEG.
Technical updates and compatibility
There have been several updates in the areas of Web Inspector, CSS, Media Queries, Rendering, Editing, JavaScript, Popover, Images, Media, Web API, and SVG. Compatibility extends to macOS Monterey 12.3 or later, macOS Ventura, and the latest version under beta testing, macOS Sonoma.
Accessibility and aim
This preview update can be accessed through the Software Update mechanism in System Preferences or System Settings. It’s available to all users who have previously downloaded the browser. Detailed release notes are available on the Safari Technology Preview website.
With the Safari Technology Preview, Apple intends to receive constructive feedback from developers and users on its browser development process. Despite being designed with developers in mind, it can be downloaded without a developer account and used alongside the existing Safari browser.
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Here is a tabular representation of the new updates in Safari Technology Preview 173:
| New Updates | Description |
|---|---|
| Feature Flags | Replaces Experimental Features in the Develop menu |
| Responsive Design Mode | Enhanced for better adaptability of webpage designs |
| Profiles | Allows for partitioning browsing data |
| Live Text support | Enables recognition of vertical text in images and videos |
| JPEG XL | A new image format offering superior image quality at smaller file sizes |
