{"id":44137,"date":"2024-07-18T14:21:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T18:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=44137"},"modified":"2024-09-06T11:05:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T15:05:09","slug":"safari-18-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/18\/safari-18-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Safari 18 Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Safari, the world’s fastest browser, now offers Highlights, an even easier way to discover information on the web, such as directions, summaries, or quick links to learn more about people, music, movies, and TV shows. A redesigned Reader includes even more ways to enjoy articles without distractions, featuring a streamlined view of the article a user is reading, a summary, and a table of contents for longer articles. And when Safari detects a video on the page, Viewer helps users put it front and center, while still giving them full access to system playback controls, including Picture in Picture.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jen Simmons et al.<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Now, we are pleased to announce WebKit for Safari 18 beta. It adds another 48 web platform features, as well as 18 deprecations and 174 bug fixes.<\/p>\n

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macOS Sequoia beta adds support for opening links directly in web apps. Now, when a user clicks a link, if it matches the scope<\/code> of a web app that the user has added to their Dock, that link will open in the web app instead of their default web browser.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Now you can personalize web apps on Mac with Safari Web Extensions and Content Blockers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Note that this new feature does not apply to home screen apps on iOS 18. It’s Mac-only.<\/p>

My blog post The four types of Safari extension<\/a> explained the difference between Safari content blockers, Safari web extensions, Safari app extensions, and the discontinued Safariextz format. My own Homecoming for Mastodon<\/a> is a Safari web extension, and StopTheFonts<\/a> is a Safari content blocker, so those now work in Safari web apps on macOS 15. However, StopTheMadness Pro<\/a> and StopTheScript<\/a> are Safari app extensions, which means that they don’t work in Safari web apps, unfortunately. You probably don’t need StopTheScript in a web app, but StopTheMadness Pro would be nice, wouldn’t it? If you want StopTheMadness Pro in Safari web apps, let Apple know that they should support Safari app extensions too!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Christina Warren<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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You know what would make Safari great? Support for ublock origin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Corey Quinn<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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And custom search engines.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Nicolas Magand<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Still no mention of search improvements on Safari. This is a wait and see situation and I hope more details will come out about Safari and if custom search engine settings are available, or at least more options than just Google and Bing-related search engines.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

Jen Simmons et al.<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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WebKit for Safari 18 beta adds support for three new features as we continue to improve passkeys. First, Safari 18 beta adds support for using mediation=conditional<\/code> for web authentication credential creation. This allows websites to automatically upgrade existing password-based accounts to use passkeys.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

With the new Passwords app in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, there’s a feature that is designed to allow websites and apps to upgrade existing accounts to passkeys automatically.<\/p>

Enabled by default, the feature will speed up the adoption of passkeys, which are more secure than a traditional login and password. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Daniel Jalkut<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The only feature anybody REALLY wants from Safari is “Now works with every site Chrome does.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n