Apple Releases Safari 8.0.3, Safari 7.1.3 and Safari 6.2.3 to Developers
Several weeks after the previous release, the guys from Cupertino have seeded three Safari betas to developers for testing, namely, Safari 8.0.3, Safari 7.1.3 and Safari 6.2.3. Each of these betas contains a wide number of stability and performance improvements as well as some new features.
In case you don’t know, each Safari version is developed for a particular OS X build. Safari 8.0.3 is designed to work on OS X Yosemite 10.10.2, Safari 7.1.3 requires OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 and Safari 6.2.3 is compatible with OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5.
As to the focus areas, they include:
- General website compatibility
- Extension compatibility
- Password AutoFill
- HTML5 video playback on popular video sites
- Using the Web Inspector to debug websites
- Reading List read/unread state
- Editing bookmarks in the Favorites Bar and Bookmarks Sidebar
- Website notifications
In case you have a developer account and want to try out any of the aforementioned betas, you can download the right now. They’re available on Apple’s dev portal. Keep in mind that the software may be unstable, so it is not recommended to install it on your main computer.