This should be near the top of the list: Alternatively, you can search for WebGL related flags and update this to Enabled.
Update the Override software rendering list to enabled. If WebGL isn't currently enabled, you can head to your Chrome Flags settings in your browser: chrome://flags/ In the System section, enable Use hardware acceleration when available Enable WebGL Scroll down and click on the Advanced link to expand the settings. This will ensure your files are displayed accurately at higher resolutions. In the Appearance section, ensure your Page zoom is set to 100%.
Windows: Go to File > Preferences or click the vertical ellipses in the top right corner and choose Settings. Firefox, which can do that, is my favorite browser.MacOS: Go to Chrome Preferences in the menu bar, or using the Command +, shortcut. Therefore, more than 30 (up to about 200) tabs will normally open.Įven under such conditions, the use of Auto Tab Discard will always reduce it to about 200-400 MB.įor me, “Tree Style Tab†is an indispensable function, and it can show great performance in combination with “Auto Tab Discardâ€. Sleep Mode doesn’t require reloading, so you can browse right away.įrom knowing “Tree Style Tab”, I realized the fun of browsing style that opening a new tab. Overview under the same conditions (Open tab 50 and after 10 minutes):ĭue to the characteristics of the extended function, Auto Tab Discard has a large reduction effect, but reloading is required. I compared it with “Sleep Mode”, which is a hot topic. I am using “Auto Tab Discard†and I am happy with the effect. I also ran http server, private audio file sharing accounts to my private secure server, even games while all this was running at same time. I’ve missed this type of add-on, especially as browsers use loads of more RAM nowdays than about 15 years ago when I could keep 200-300 tabs with half a gigabyte (500MB) – now it eats gigabytes. Of course I bookmark tab-trees (bookmark with more than one tab organized into subtrees of main (1st) tab, so I can close them.
Let’s just say that firefox currently uses almost full 16GB of RAM (thankfully I have 8 more ) ).Īnd yes, I can keep up with them… They are sorted to different subtrees according to category or the job I need them as reference for. Right now I have 6 windows and who knows how many tabs. I use TreeStyleTab extension to list and group tabs together in the sidebar (my browsers regular tab bar is disabled as unnecessary) and since around 2005 or so I’ve had pretty much a minimum of 100 tabs in 2-3 windows and at best over 500 tabs in 4-7 windows. VioletMoon, I’ve never understood when people who don’t suffer from too many tabs taking too much memory, when it’s obvious that numerous of this type of add-on’s have been made, because some people (often the author him/herself too, so wrote one) obviously do use a lot more tabs.
Now You: do you use extensions that help you free memory? Other options provided by the settings include changing the default action of a left-click on the extension icon, or to disable the opening of the FAQ page when the extension has been updated.Īuto Tab Discard is a useful extension for Firefox and Chrome that may be used to free up memory automatically or manually by discarding tabs. The extension may be useful in situations where the browser starts to feel sluggish, even if enough memory us available Firefox users may disable the restrictions for non-local-sites on about:config by manipulating the preference. Note: Extensions are not permitted to run on internal pages and some other pages (e.g. The menu has options to whitelist the active site permanently or for the browsing session. A left-click on the extension icon displays options to discard the active tab, all other tabs of the browser window, all tabs in other windows, or all other tabs. The automatic discarding of tabs is a useful feature but the developer has added options to run the processes manually as well.