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Google is testing memory reducing Tab Freeze functionality in Chrome
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<blockquote data-quote="silversurfer" data-source="post: 839606" data-attributes="member: 26718"><p>Google Chrome automatically discards unused tabs after a certain period of time when the memory is low, the Chromium team is now testing another variation for this. Freezing of eligible tabs that have been backgrounded for 5 minutes, the company offers this for checking behind the “Tab Freeze” flag in <strong>Chrome 79 Canary</strong>.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://techdows.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Chrome-Proactive-tab-freeze-experiment.jpg" alt="Chrome Proactive tab freeze experiment" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 798px" /></p><p></p><p>Now the new “Proactive Tab freeze” feature can be enabled by visiting chrome://flags, you need to search for “free” to find it. The flag, apart from offering Enabled option, gives two other options: </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enabled Freeze -No Unfreeze</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enabled Freeze -Unfreeze 10 seconds every 15 minutes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you select Enabled, tabs after 5 minutes of inactivity will be frozen.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you select the third option, frozen tabs won’t unfreeze.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If you select the fourth option, frozen tabs get unfroze for 10 seconds every 15 minutes.</li> </ul><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://techdows.com/2019/10/chrome-79-google-tests-tab-freeze-feature.html[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="silversurfer, post: 839606, member: 26718"] Google Chrome automatically discards unused tabs after a certain period of time when the memory is low, the Chromium team is now testing another variation for this. Freezing of eligible tabs that have been backgrounded for 5 minutes, the company offers this for checking behind the “Tab Freeze” flag in [B]Chrome 79 Canary[/B]. [IMG width="798px" alt="Chrome Proactive tab freeze experiment"]https://techdows.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Chrome-Proactive-tab-freeze-experiment.jpg[/IMG] Now the new “Proactive Tab freeze” feature can be enabled by visiting chrome://flags, you need to search for “free” to find it. The flag, apart from offering Enabled option, gives two other options: [LIST] [*]Enabled Freeze -No Unfreeze [*]Enabled Freeze -Unfreeze 10 seconds every 15 minutes. [*]If you select Enabled, tabs after 5 minutes of inactivity will be frozen. [*]If you select the third option, frozen tabs won’t unfreeze. [*]If you select the fourth option, frozen tabs get unfroze for 10 seconds every 15 minutes. [/LIST] [URL unfurl="true"]https://techdows.com/2019/10/chrome-79-google-tests-tab-freeze-feature.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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