Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 110 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

They have fixed that annoying bug that caused it to crash whenever you opened a new window. Even though I knew about it I still did it 10 times a day out of habit.

That NEVER happens to me. I’ve been using Safari Technology Preview as my primary browser for over a year now and it very stable.

I use the regular Safari and the Tech Preview side-by-side for different sites and barely notice a difference. Overall, Safari remains my favourite browser.

They have fixed that annoying bug that caused it to crash whenever you opened a new window. Even though I knew about it I still did it 10 times a day out of habit.

Zero crashes here. Maybe something related to your settings? Do you have it open a particular page? Do you have it remember opened tabs? I don't have any of that... just opens to a blank page, not a site.

So I tested VP9 support using a website that checks media mime support ('https://cconcolato.github.io/media-mime-support/') and STP release 110 indeed supports VP9 on the browser side. However, YouTube did not load any VP9 video in my limited testing so far. The nice thing is VP9 decoding is provided by VideoToolbox (VT) which can be used by any macOS app (video player, transcoder etc) going forward which is great. Hopefully, they will also expose VP9 encoding functionality in VT as well.




PS: Upon further inspection, they only seem to support VP9 codec inside MP4 container for now, unless I missed something. Most if not all VP9 videos in YouTube seem to use Webm container instead of MP4. However, they seem to support Webm/VP9 on iOS so it might be coming to the macOS in the upcoming STP releases.

They have fixed that annoying bug that caused it to crash whenever you opened a new window. Even though I knew about it I still did it 10 times a day out of habit.

literally, that never happened to me. I am always updated to latest (actually on Big Sur t the moment)

Only Apple would sell 5k iMacs that only support 1080p on YouTube on their native browser. Come on, Apple, it’s 2020!

hmm, YouTube is google, they couldn't possibly be doing anything nefarious, now could they? Don't know technically why this is the case, but chances are google is using proprietary tech

No kidding, and you even tried on all browsers.

I did. I tried lynx, WorldWideWeb, Netscape 1.0, Omniweb, IE6 etc. All with the express aim of proving you can manage the basic task of pasting a url. Alas, my efforts were in vain. I await another "impressive" and "stable" effort.

We use every single platform OS.

The bugs are there, it's not a subjective thing.

Have had good words on macOS & Apple several times when credit is due, many examples below.

Good words 1 ('http://%E2%80%8Bhttps%3A//forums.macrumors.com/threads/developers-visual-comparison-of-macos-catalina-and-big-sur-offers-closer-look-at-apples-ui-redesign-for-macs.2244714/post-28648527%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B')
Good words 2 ('http://%E2%80%8Bhttps%3A//forums.macrumors.com/threads/first-look-macos-big-sur-with-redesign-safari-updates-new-messages-app-and-more.2242809/post-28604223%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B')
Good words 3 ('http://%E2%80%8Bhttps%3A//forums.macrumors.com/threads/apples-craig-federighi-highlights-ios-14-and-macos-big-sur-privacy-updates-in-new-interview.2242271/post-28590469%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B')
Good words 4 ('http://%E2%80%8Bhttps%3A//forums.macrumors.com/threads/this-app-is-no-longer-shared-ios-bug-preventing-some-apps-from-opening.2237790/post-28497409%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B')
Good words 5 ('http://%E2%80%8Bhttps%3A//forums.macrumors.com/threads/logic-pro-x-10-5-released-with-live-loops-new-beat-making-tools-and-more.2235476/post-28460460%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B')

We want Apple & Safari to succeed tremendously, otherwise we wouldn't waste our time reporting bugs.

Some others say it's "stable", and that's fine if it makes you happy, but we will disagree on its current state.

None of these links work btw. Tried on all browsers.
Impressive.