Firefox 82 releases: optimize GPU/CPU usage for video playback
Mozilla currently provides a Firefox 82 stable version on its server. During the beta period, Firefox brought many optimizations to the performance of this version, including a 10% increase in window opening speed and a 17% increase in session recovery speed.
At the same time, the Windows version of Firefox can call the Directcomposition technology, which supports video hardware decoding to improve playback performance.
The processor and graphics card resources will also be reduced, so it will also help improve the battery life of the notebook, and the video picture-in-picture button has also been redesigned.
The Android version of Firefox brings an automatic cookie cleaning function to prevent tracking, which is called ETP cookie purging in Firefox.
By default, the Android version of Firefox is automatically enabled with this function. If the user has not interacted with a specific website for 30 days, the cookie and cache will be cleared.
It sounds like this design is quite interesting. It can not only help users avoid trackers automatically, but also reduce space usage to keep the database at its best efficiency.
Changelog
- With this release, Firefox introduces a number of improvements that make watching videos more delightful:
- the Picture-In-Picture button has a new look and position, making it easier for you to find and use the feature.
- Picture-In-Picture now has a keyboard shortcut for Mac users (Option + Command + Shift + Right bracket) that works before you start playing the video.
- For Windows users, Firefox now uses DirectComposition for hardware decoded video, which will improve CPU and GPU usage during video playback, improving battery life.
- Firefox is faster than ever with improved performance on both page loads and start up time:
- Websites that use flexbox-based layouts load 20% faster than before;
- Restoring a session is 17% quicker, meaning you can more quickly pick up where you left off;
- For Windows users, opening new windows got quicker by 10%.
- You can now explore new articles when you save a webpage to Pocket from the Firefox toolbar.
- WebRender continues to roll out to more Firefox users on Windows.
- Screen reader features which report paragraphs now correctly report paragraphs in Firefox instead of lines.
- Various security fixes
- Credit card auto-fill is now more accessible with the card type, and the card number in the card editor now available to screen readers.
- Printing dialog errors for invalid form entries are now reported to screen readers.
