Download Apple Safari Technology Preview Release 36
Apple has released a new version of the Technology Preview of its Safari web browser. The version number is pinned to release 36 and this version includes the changes introduced in WebKit revisions 219131-219567 are made. These include improvements for Rendering, WebRTC, Web Inspector and Web Driver. In addition, support for the ECMA262 stage 3 Object Spreadproposal added. The list of changes in this release is as follows:
Release 36
javascript
- Implemented Object Spread
C.S.S
- Changed to not resolve auto values of align-self and justify-self matching specification changes
- Fixed line-height: to not be visually applied twice when text autosizing is in effect
WebRTC
- Fixed incorrect sdpMLineIndex for video to fix interoperability with Firefox
- Fixed sending silence data for a disabled audio track
- Increased the render audio buffer sizes for WebRTC
Web Driver
- Fixed link and partial link queries when the link contains formatting tags
rendering
- Disabled asynchronous image decoding for large images by default
- Enabled the Viewport Fit experimental feature by default
- Fixed an element not getting repainted when its background image finishes decoding
- Fixed an issue to avoid unnecessary copying of the frame buffer into a WebGL Layer
- Corrected the radix used in Unicode Escape in invalid character error message
- Fixed the low memory notification to prevent causing style recalculation
- Fixed GIFs with infinite animation often only playing once
Media
- Fixed removing user gesture restrictions when adding the autoplay attribute to a media element during a user gesture
- Fixed reflecting “video” and “audio” when they are not a supported as attribute value
- Fixed bad behavior caused by removing samples when the presentation order does not match decode order
- Fixed media controls drawing behind the captions
- Fixed clicking the edges of media control buttons to execute the action, not just change the visual state of the button
Web Inspector
- Changed to group Inspector Style Sheets as part of the Stylesheets folder
- Improved wording for Potential Custom Element that lacks a Custom definition
- Fixed resources that are sometimes missing from the tree outline right before grouping into folders
- Fixed WebSocket resource tree elements to show the connection status
WebAssembly
- Implemented name section’s module name, and skipped unknown sections
Bug Fixes
- Fixed the “Show My Relationship” link in familysearch.org
- Fixed an issue where font loads can cause Chinese characters to draw as .notdef
- Changed AppCache to ignore fallback entries whose namespace is not prefixed with the manifest path
Version number | TP release 36 |
Release status | beta |
Operating systems | macOS |
Website | apple |
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License type | Conditions (GNU/BSD/etc.) |