AutoPiP

I posted the first version of AutoPiP here in November 2024. Since then I've kept chipping away at it, and v2 is finally ready. The premise: I wanted truly automatic PiP for multitasking — switch a tab, video keeps playing in a floating window, no clicking required. Safari is the only browser that allows triggering PiP without a user gesture, which is what makes this possible at all. v2 adds: - Global on/off toggle in the toolbar (no need to uninstall to pause it) - Configurable keyboard shortcut (default ⌥P) to manually trigger PiP - Blacklist / Whitelist mode to control which sites it activates on Works on YouTube (including PiP on scroll), Netflix, Twitch, Disney+, MAX, Paramount+, Jellyfin and most generic HTML5 players. GitHub: https://github.com/vordenken/AutoPiP Free, GPL-3.0, no telemetry. Happy to answer questions about the Safar

Fantastic article. I wish there was a crowdsourced “annoyances database” which people contribute information to everytime they kill an element on a page; it’d be amazing to have a browser extension that queries the database and auto-kills anything voted as annoying by the masses. Everyone has favorite addons - if you’re looking to expand, here are mine for iOS Safari. - Kill Sticky Scroll - hide dickbars and obnoxious overlays in front of the content. Use iOS Shortcuts app to create a new shortcut, set it to receive input from Share Sheet and add a “run javascript” then paste this js: https://github.com/t-mart/kill-sticky/blob/master/src/kill-s... (you’ll need to add a call to `completion()` to make it a valid Shortcuts js function) - AutoPiP: automatic picture-in-picture when tabbing away from a playing video in Safari https://github.com

AutoPiP is a Safari extension that automatically enables Picture-in-Picture mode when switching tabs and disables it when returning to the video tab. No clicks needed - just seamless multitasking while watching videos. Key features: • Automatic PiP activation when switching tabs • Smart detection for active videos only • Seamless disable on tab return • Zero configuration needed GitHub: https://github.com/vordenken/AutoPiP