Apple mimics other browser makers, produces Safari developer preview
Apple today released its first developer preview of Safari for OS X, saying it is following in the footsteps of other major browser makers -- all of whom provide early looks at their under-construction projects -- to give website designers and app creators a continuous sneak peek.
Labeled "Safari Technology Preview," the browser can be downloaded by anyone, not just Apple registered developers, and runs alongside the production-quality Safari on OS X. The preview will be updated via the Mac App Store every two weeks.
The Safari preview, Apple said, is a "more convenient and stable way" to run a developer-grade build than WebKit's nightly iterations. WebKit is the open-source project that feeds code to Safari, and like other browser "channels" -- such as Google's Chrome Canary or Mozilla's Firefox Nightly -- features daily updates.
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