A preliminary preview of the 14th version of the "Safari" browser, which Apple recently announced, during its annual global conference for developers, revealed the presence of many new features in the browser, including showing a quick preview of the name and brief data for the tabs once they are passed with the mouse and they are open, And the addition of a monitoring tool for the parties that plant tools to track user activity inside the computer, and to further secure the new version works with the technique of “touch identification” instead of passwords.
According to the survey conducted by the "Computer World" website, the new version of "Safari" offers at least seven new features that were not present in the previous versions, and includes the following:
Scroll preview
The scroll preview feature enables the user to preview the many open tabs at one time during the browsing session by hovering over the tabs, where an information box appears automatically, displaying brief information about the tab in which the URL and information about the page open on the tab, what Makes recognition of open tabs more visible.
And this feature is turned on automatically without the need to set the browser on it from within the settings page, as was the case in previous versions. And «Apple» indicated that the new method eliminates the appearance of the preferred icon for the open site in the tab, and shows the title and name of the site.
Touch ID recognition
If you are tired of using a lot of passwords with the different sites you visit, Safari 14 will activate the Touch ID recognition technology that Apple uses in many other applications and devices to replace passwords in dealing With websites, or it works as an additional authentication factor, it achieves more protection and security, but this function will only work for web sites that use touch authentication and have a symbol for that.
In this case, the user will only authenticate once with the usual password and username, and the site will ask him if he wants to use touch authentication, and here the browser is ready to run it immediately after pressing the "Touch ID" key.
Canceling dealing with "Flash"
The Safari 14 browser will not be able to work with any file or content that works with Adobe Flash technology. Apple confirmed that it has completely ended this technology in the new version, in line with what other browsers have done, and also in line with the decision of the company « Adobe »is producing this technology by canceling it completely, due to the high security risks it poses, as it contains several weaknesses.
Translation between 8 languages
Apple has developed a translation engine within "Safari" that has so far been working in translation between eight languages: English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Russian, Portuguese and Brazilian. Analysts described this feature as a step by which "Safari" tries to catch up with what Chrome, Firefox and Edge browsers have achieved in this regard.
Extensions extensions
Apple made it possible to add web extensions and add-ons that work with Chrome and Firefox to Safari 14 to perform the functions that they do on other browsers, but this is not done directly, but rather through the programmers of these additions placing them on Apple Store for applications, using a special mobile device, and then the user downloads and installs it afterwards.
Privacy Report
"Apple" added a tool called "Privacy Report" that monitors any tools to track the activities of the browser users, and reporting on the entities and the "web" websites that used them, and the report is obtained to display statistics during the past 30 days, divided according to the "web" I did, and the number of trackers the browser blocked.
Monitor passwords
Apple also added a feature to monitor hacked and stolen passwords that appear on dark web sites, in leaked data, and match them to the words stored in the browser, and report any words that are stolen or violated. Apple did not reveal the details of this feature, but analysts said it will not differ much from what exists in Chrome and Firefox.
Catch up with other browsers
With the new features in Safari 14, Apple is trying to catch up with advanced features found in other browsers, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge.
He expected «Computer World» site to offer «Apple» a free version of the browser for testing and testing by users before the end of this month, then put the browser in an official and final capacity next September.