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Safari Technology Preview 248 Released

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Re: Safari Technology Preview 248 Released

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Post by dylan604 »

kqp wrote: post #37

Anybody know how to get Safari to “sanitize” on shutdown (delete cookies, cache, etc), except for whitelisted domains? After lots of fiddling I’ve realized this is probably the best privacy/convenience compromise for me, but Safari is the only browser I can’t even find a plugin to do it in.

s/Safari/Firefox/ and it is super simple to do this. I know that's not helpful to the question as asked, but possibly a better answer???

As for Safari, closest I see is Preferences -> General -> Remove History Items. It has options ranging from After One Day, one week, one month, never. I don't see an option for at quit like FF has.

Re: Safari Technology Preview 248 Released

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Post by SJMG »

bearjaws wrote: post #12

I cannot use a browser that is owned by a company who's financial model is dependent upon browsers being nerfed. Apple and Google have far too many incentives to wall garden browsers, Apple due to the app store, Google due to advertising. Independent browsers are the only safe path forward.

Well this preview includes many changes made to WebKit which Kagi, a so called independent browser, depends on. It's good news for you.

Re: Safari Technology Preview 248 Released

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Post by flyingshelf »

kstrauser wrote: post #21
jvican wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use Adguard/wipr to great success. Why's uBlock Origin better? Also, wipr now has filtr, which provides URL filtering at the macOS level, so it's as efficient as it gets.

Seconded for Wipr. It's my favorite adblocker I've tried yet (although 1Blocker is also really nice). And if the author sells it to some creepy company, the Safari API means that the new owner can't spy on my viewing. I'm not sure how it could be materially improved by using less privacy-respecting APIs.

> the new owner can't spy on my viewing

Quick question: how do you distinguish content blocker extensions from regular extensions? All the Adblockers I know have to use both to be effective at hiding ads, especially on YouTube.

In that case, the new owner can still do the spying.

Re: Safari Technology Preview 248 Released

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Post by rwc »

woodson wrote: post #31
robrobrobrob wrote: post #29

Please add way to maximize the window. I rage quit when it goes fullscreen or just tall.

Try option-click on the green icon in the app window. It’s well hidden and unintuitive, but I think it does what you want.

(bonus: this is not exclusively a Safari feature, this is a macOS feature)

Re: Safari Technology Preview 248 Released

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Post by ksec »

alberth wrote: post #2

The team has been on a roll lately with massive fixes & improvements. Like last months announcement of over 500 fixes. https://webkit.org/blog/17967/news-from-wwdc26-webkit-in-saf...

The Safari beta is actually covering ~6 months of work in WebKit. So it isn't one release with 500 fixes. It is more of a consolidation.

But yes WebKit has been getting tons of feature gap and bug fixed in the past 2-3 years. I think it accelerated during Safari 17, and Safari 18 has been the release that I find it good enough for most cases and finally with no rendering issues on all the site I browse.

I have been trying to get the release note and update from Safari on HN frontpage but it never got much attention. Hopefully like you others will see how far Safari has come. And out of all the features coming from new macOS releases it has always been Safari that I am most looking forward to.

At the same time I still think it has some way to go before catching up to Firefox and Chrome is many areas. But at least it is improving fast.

Re: Safari Technology Preview 248 Released

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Post by fizwidget »

flyingshelf wrote: post #43
kstrauser wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seconded for Wipr. It's my favorite adblocker I've tried yet (although 1Blocker is also really nice). And if the author sells it to some creepy company, the Safari API means that the new owner can't spy on my viewing. I'm not sure how it could be materially improved by using less privacy-respecting APIs.

> the new owner can't spy on my viewing Quick question: how do you distinguish content blocker extensions from regular extensions? All the Adblockers I know have to use both to be effective at hiding ads, especially on YouTube. In that case, the new owner can still do the spying.

In iOS at least, it tells you in Settings > Safari > Extensions. E.g. if I tap into one of the AdGuard ones I see:

“"AdGuard — General" does not have permission to read or transmit content from any web pages.”

Ones that have more permissions will say so.

Re: Safari Technology Preview 248 Released

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Post by SaltyBackendGuy »

lern_too_spel wrote: post #38
bombcar wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They finally used some of those trillions to buy one (1) Claude pro subscription.

It's because the EU is forcing competition on them for iOS Safari, and iOS Safari shares code with MacOS Safari. Now they have to at least try to keep up.

I am OOTL - How does the EU force competition in this context?
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