WebKit in Safari 26 beta

4 alwillis 2 6/9/2025, 7:14:47 PM webkit.org ↗

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alwillis · 1h ago
From https://front-end.social/@jensimmons/114654858122597718

* SVG icons

* Every site can be a web app (special tech not required) HDR Images

* <model> on visionOS

* Immersive video and audio on visionOS

* WebGPU

* Anchor Positioning

* Scroll-driven Animations

* Pretty text

* Contrast Color

* Digital Credentials API

* Trusted Types

ksec · 50m ago
Out of all the listed features, I thought the most important one was "Website Compatibility". After 5 years since they picked up the pace of development Safari is still behind Firefox and Chrome.

And every single release is a long list of fix but every now and then it is still safari the runs into issues. Hopefully "Website Compatibility" will leverage a lot of users on Mac platform to push webkit forward.

Another disappointing thing is again not much mention on new Safari, non-webkit related features. Safari is the most memory inefficient browser out of the three. Especially in multi tab usage with no Tab Sleep / unload feature by default on macOS. Show Tab Overview still loads all Tabs with swap to kill your SSD. No List of Tabs view which is available on both Firefox and Chrome.