February 2nd, 2024 × #safari#apple#web-development#css

Safari is the new Chrome - Jen Simmons of Apple

Jen Simmons discusses her work on web standards at Apple, the recent acceleration of Safari development, advanced color spaces in CSS, and the future of layout with CSS Grid and Masonry.

Show Notes Transcript

Wes and Scott talk with Jen Simmons about the latest updates to Safari, reporting bugs to Apple, understanding color in CSS, new CSS switch controls, and testing your websites in Vision Pro hardware.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:03 Brought to you by Sentry.io
01:05 Meet Jen Simmons.
03:15 Safari has been killing it lately
Safari Release Notes
WebKit Features in Safari 17.0
WebKit Features in Safari 17.1
WebKit Features in Safari 17.2
10:25 Wes' cOnSpirACy about Apple and APIs
18:18 Where is the best place to report bugs to Apple?
Bugs.Webkit.org
Jen on Mastodon
Web Compat
20:35 What's happening with CSS Color gamuts and models?
33:57 Is contrast color ever going to to land?
36:25 Where is the CSS Grid and Masonry proposal at?
44:20 Will we be able to target a specific row in a grid?
46:17 What are CSS switch controls?
48:44 How can web devs view their websites in Vision Pro devices?
Apple Vision Pro
Running your app in Simulator or on a device
54:26 In what ways are HTML / CSS / JavaScript running where we don't realize it?
58:43 Sick Picks