Apple Releases Safari 15 for macOS Catalina Beta 1 [Download]
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Posted July 27, 2021 at 1:57pm by iClarified
Apple has released Safari 15 for macOS Catalina beta 1 to developers for testing. The beta requires macOS Catalina 10.15.7.
Before installing Safari 15 Beta 1 for macOS Catalina, please check that you have the latest version of macOS Catalina installed
Here are some of the new features in the beta...
Safari Features • Redesigned the Safari sidebar and added Tab Groups and customization sync • Added support for declarativeNetRequest in Safari Web Extensions
WebKit Features CSS New Features • Added support for aspect-ratio for box elements • Added support for lab(), lch(), hwb() color syntaxes • Added support for predefined color spaces using the color() syntax: srgb, display-p3, a98-rgb, prophoto-rgb, rec2020, xyz • Added support for 12 new CSS list style implementations with other list style improvements
Web APIs New Features • Added support for WebGL 2 • Added support for Web Share level 2 enhancements to Web Share that enable sharing files from a web page to an app; for more information, see Web Share API • User gestures are now propagated through requestAnimationFrame with a one second time limit • Implemented performance.timeOrigin
Authentication and Passwords New Features • Added support for Verification Codes to the iCloud Keychain Password Manager, integrated with Safari and AutoFill ◦ Use autocomplete=one-time-code to make an eligible for AutoFill ◦ Use a standard otpauth URL and replace the scheme with apple-otpauth to link directly to the password manager for setup ◦ To enable contextual menus on otpauth QR codes to offer to set up a verification code generator, use a raster image
Security & Privacy New Features • Added support for automatic HTTPS upgrades • Private Click Measurement enhancements for privacy-preserving ad click attribution: ◦ Attribution reports are sent to the click destination too
JavaScript New Features • Added top-level await • Added support for modules in workers • Added support for Error.cause • Added support for private class methods and accessors (private data member syntax shipped in Safari 14.1) • Added support for BigInt64Array and BigUint64Array
WebAssembly • Added support for streaming compilation • Added support for bulk memory operations • Added reference types • Added support for non-trapping float-to-int conversions
Media New Features • Added support for the MediaSession API • Added Playback Speed and Chapters menus to built-in media controls
Web Inspector New Features • Added an inspected page overlay for visualizing and debugging CSS grid contexts
Developers can download the beta at the link below...