Firefox 147 brings GPU boost, tidier tabs, and video that follows you around

The latest Firefox is here with some handy changes – most of which differ depending on what OS and type of CPU you run it on.

We suspect that the most visible feature in Firefox 147 is improved Picture-in-Picture video playback. Now it can be triggered automatically when a tab is sent into the background.

PIP video appeared some years ago in Firefox 71 on Windows and Firefox 72 on Linux and macOS. The Reg FOSS desk just turns it off as we are not big fans of internet video, and videos that follow you as you move away from the page hosting them are the absolute last thing we want. Still, some folks will like this – including Daniele Ferla, who developed and contributed the code.

The other thing we suspect will benefit everyone on all platforms, at least occasionally, is that the Tabs page of the Settings screen has been ...