Apple today released the first update to its Safari Technology Preview version of Safari designed for software developers.
This second release (version 9.1.1) comes with several changes that have to do with JavaScript, CSS, accessibility, the browser’s Web Inspector feature, and most generally, the latest from the WebKit open source browser engine.
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The new version is becoming available two weeks after the initial release.
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You can get the new version directly from Apple’s website, or alternatively you can grab it from the Updates section in the Mac App Store (Mac only).
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