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Memory Usage Comparison (Edge Canary vs Google Chrome)
Hi Deleted, it looks like Chrome is delay loading content until the tab has been made active to save on memory usage, but also possibly using more because of it. What behaviors would you prefer? Thanks - Elliot
Elliot Kirk wrote:Hi Deleted, it looks like Chrome is delay loading content until the tab has been made active to save on memory usage, but also possibly using more because of it. What behaviors would you prefer? Thanks - Elliot
Elliot Kirk Browser should not loads tabs until tab has been made active; This behavior was one of reasons to stop using Edge HTML in many years ago for me, and sadly this issue still exist in Edge Chromium(Beta)
Behzad_A I think this feature has been introduced even in Chrome not so long ago:
And concerning my post above, this is my new values (same two tabs/same extensions):
Joshua1605 wrote:Behzad_A I think this feature has been introduced even in Chrome not so long ago:
Joshua1605 I think you showed Flag is about JavaScript.
For reproduce raised issue, first open some sites+NewTabPage (Let them stay open) and when NewTabPage is selected close the browser and after that reopen the browser; And for see the difference, repeat this trial with Google Chrome or Firefox.
I'm on beta channel and i don't know this issue still exist on Canary or Dev builds or this issue is solved in them.
Behzad_A Tab Freeze is all about memory. You can read https://www.techradar.com/news/chromes-new-feature-will-stop-tabs-from-eating-all-your-ram-heres-how-to-try-it and https://www.howtogeek.com/444481/how-chromes-tab-freezing-will-save-cpu-and-battery/.
