Greetings Microsoft Edge Insiders! My name is Allison and I am a PM working on improving the performance of the new Microsoft Edge browser. Previously, your feedback let us know that there are times when Edge uses too much memory and CPU. When was the last time this happened to you? What were you doing in this situation? What was your biggest concern about that amount of memory and CPU usage? We are curious about this and would love to learn more. Thank you for giving us your honest feedback. I look forward to hearing more about where you see Microsoft Edge meeting your expectations, and where it isn’t. Allison -The Microsoft Edge Team-

Allison_Pastewka I would like Browser Task Manager to have an option to always be displayed on top of the other windows (including obviously the Edge window), so it is better for me to monitor the memory and CPU usage of pages and extensions as I browse the pages.

There are 2 most common places that I usually get high system resource usage1. randomly on this forum which leads to that tab being unresponsive and I have to force close it.2. on VK.com when viewing my feed which contains many images, gifs, videos files etc. in there the scrolling beings to lag and the whole experience becomes painfully slow and laggy.Edge classic with EdgelHTML engine loads that page very smoothly.using Windows 10 latest version fully updated.

josegime47 There is nothing wrong in that , indeed.But after you initially let them know and haven't received a reply, continuously poking new messages on the same issue (which again hasn't been addressed yet) is plainly spamming your issue to carve attention upon it. Not nice behaviour on a platform where many users exist.I personally started to be bothered by it as you also spammed my email Inbox with those things.So please be more considered of us, the other users who are interested in this topic and are following the progression, as well.Thank you

josegime47 Spoiler (Highlight to read)josegime47 wrote:HotCakeX Don´t know what are you referring to but, if you call spam trying to let know Allison Pastewka, who by the way hasn't answer to any, that there is room for improvement in the impact of Edge in resources, then mad spam it is. wrote: Don´t know what are you referring to but, if you call spam trying to let know Allison Pastewka, who by the way hasn't answer to any, that there is room for improvement in the impact of Edge in resources, then mad spam it is.posting multiple comments in the same thread in a short period of time about the same subject is spamming.you could put them all in the same comment.also many people can/are subscribed to this thread, your spam sends a lot of notifications and Emails to them as well, me included.

Allison_Pastewka Hello. my friend has very often high CPU and aperated memory when working microsoft edge. it happens even with everyday tasks. such as visiting sites watching movies downloading files, etc. the load on the processor jumps up to 100%. still wanted to add his wish. I would like notifications from sites even when microsoft edge is closed.

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KrystianEr
Copper Contributor
Dec 03, 2019
Allison_Pastewka

Hi, are you planning / Could you improve Microsoft Edge to run faster in a terminal session via RDP? Internet Explorer worked very efficiently and this made it stand out from other browsers
&
is there any documentation available how to configure Microsoft Edge in a terminal session (RDP) in the context of best performance on Windows Server?
josegime47
Brass Contributor
Nov 13, 2019
Allison_Pastewka

One last experiment.
Slimjet profile 1 with 5 open pages and profile 2 with 3 open pages.
340 MB
Edge Beta profile 1 with 1 open page and profile 2 with 1 open page.
609.2 MB
Thanks.
- josegime47
  Brass Contributor
  Jan 20, 2020
  josegime47
  @Allison_Pastewka
  
  Now that the new Edge Chromium is stable, we have this comparison:
  Edge two users with 3 open pages each 1,232.4 MB
  Slimjet two users with 3 open tabs each 321.3 MB
  Firefox with 6 open tabs 1,367.7 MB (FF doesn't have users)
  Thanks.
  - HotCakeX
    MVP
    Mar 26, 2020
    josegime47
    Spoiler
    josegime47 wrote:
    josegime47
    @Allison_Pastewka
    
    Now that the new Edge Chromium is stable, we have this comparison:
    Edge two users with 3 open pages each 1,232.4 MB
    Slimjet two users with 3 open tabs each 321.3 MB
    Firefox with 6 open tabs 1,367.7 MB (FF doesn't have users)
    Thanks.
    
    Which channel/version of Edge?
    on What OS and build/version?
    which version of Firefox?
HotCakeX
MVP
Nov 05, 2019
There are 2 most common places that I usually get high system resource usage
1. randomly on this forum which leads to that tab being unresponsive and I have to force close it.
2. on VK.com when viewing my feed which contains many images, gifs, videos files etc. in there the scrolling beings to lag and the whole experience becomes painfully slow and laggy.
Edge classic with EdgelHTML engine loads that page very smoothly.

using Windows 10 latest version fully updated.
Behzad_A
Brass Contributor
Nov 05, 2019
Allison_Pastewka In latest beta version(79.x) NTP uses more memory in comparison with previous version(78.x)(more than 2X with same setting)
josegime47
Brass Contributor
Nov 04, 2019
Allison_Pastewka

This is an update.
I have 8 GB RAM.
I have Edge Beta with 2 profiles: 1 open with 1 page and 2 open with 1 page.
609.2 MB
There's an image.
Thanks.
- josegime47
  Brass Contributor
  Nov 10, 2019
  josegime47
  @Allison_Pastewka
  
  For example I also have Slimjet installed and the information is as follows:
  
  Slimjet with 2 profiles: 1 open with 1 page and 2 open with 1 page:
  320.5 MB
  
  So
  
  Edge Beta 609.2 MB
  Slimjet 320.5 MB
  
  That's almost double in the same conditions.
  Thanks
- Allison_Pastewka
  Former Employee
  Nov 04, 2019
  josegime47 Thanks for reaching out! Would you be willing to provide more information?
  - josegime47
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 05, 2019
    Allison_Pastewka
    
    Gladly. What kind of information do you require?.
    Thanks.
harbortype
Copper Contributor
Oct 09, 2019
Allison_Pastewka I have been seeing my CPU usage getting stuck on 150% right after I download attachments from the Fastmail web interface. I can replicate this every time.

I am running Dev 79.0.294.1 on MacOS Mojave 10.14.6.
- Allison_Pastewka
  Former Employee
  Oct 17, 2019
  harbortype Thanks for reaching out! I just tried the repro steps that you provided on Dev build 79.0.301.2 and didn't see a spike in CPU. Can you please try updating your Dev build to see if the issue still persists and let me know. Thanks!
  - harbortype
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 17, 2019
    Allison_Pastewka It seems to be working now. Thank you for having a look into it.
Allison_Pastewka
Former Employee
Sep 17, 2019
Thank you for the additional information regarding the memory and CPU usage you're seeing on your devices. We're using this information as we continue to work on ways to improve performance of the new Edge browser.
josegime47
Brass Contributor
Aug 31, 2019
Allison_Pastewka

Forgot.
I've tried several browsers. I would recommed that you take a look at how Slimjet manages memory. I have found that Slimjet is the chromium browser that has the least impact on memory.
Thanks.
josegime47
Brass Contributor
Aug 31, 2019
Allison_Pastewka

Don't know if this is too much or normal.
I have 8 GB RAM.
I have Edge Beta with 2 profiles: 1 open with 3 pages and 2 open with 3 pages.
Memory 57%
CPU 8%
Thanks.
- josegime47
  Brass Contributor
  Sep 11, 2019
  josegime47
  
  any new information? the last post is 8/31
nikitat1260
Iron Contributor
Aug 31, 2019
Allison_Pastewka забыл добавить. нагрузка на ресурсы происходит в версиях dev и canary.

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