Safari was the first browser to ship the most anticipated web feature of the last 3-4 years by web developers: the parent selector :has() [1] back in March.
When you check the Interop 2022 dashboard [2], Safari Technology Preview is ahead of both Firefox nightly and Chrome dev for the shipping the latest web features. Safari Technology Preview is passing 97% of the interop tests.
In case nobody noticed, the WebKit team kicked ass by shipping a ton of new features this year:
* dialog element
* lazy loading
* inert
* :has() pseudo-class
* new viewport units
* Cascade Layers
* focus visible
* accent color
* appearance
* font palettes for color fonts
* BroadcastChannel
* Web Locks API
* File System Access API
* enhancements to WebAssembly
* support for Display-P3 in canvas
* additions to COOP and COEP
* container queries
* subgrid
* web push
* shared workers
* CSS Offset Path
* AVIF
* Passkeys
Plus it’s faster and has better battery life on macOS than either Chrome or Firefox. What’s not to like?
[1]: https://webkit.org/blog/12445/new-webkit-features-in-safari-...