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by MBCook 1334 days ago
I use Safari but I would prefer it wasn’t shipped on the same schedule as the OS. I understand why (I think) but I’d rather have more frequent updates, even if only every 3 months or so.

That’s a problem with most Apple apps. Bug in Mail? Better hope it gets fixed in the next iOS or MacOS point release. Because the fix isn’t coming out earlier.
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threeseed 1334 days ago
Safari Developer Preview is stable and available out of sync with the OS.

It does make sense that it is shipped with the OS since Safari is just a wrapper around the OS WebKit library which is used across many apps and services.

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tambourine_man 1334 days ago
Safari Developer Preview requires the latest versions of the OS, so it's not of much use.

The WebKit library should be always stable. In that case, I don't see a problem with other apps relying upon it.

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tambourine_man 1334 days ago
Yeah, but I think Mail is in a different league.

A browser is so fundamental to modern computing that if you can't run the latest version, you might as well have a paper weight. You can run mail, office, games, all in the browser if the native alternatives fail you.

Chrome still supporting High Sierra is what makes old Macs usable.

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