Γνωρίζετε εδώ και καιρό ότι ο Google Chrome χρησιμοποιεί πάρα πολλούς πconditions of your computer. So Microsoft wanting to avoid the same problem in Chromium-based Edge, is trying to develop a new feature.
The new feature called sleep tabs and its purpose is to ask the tabs that you do not need to release the resources they use.
Google Chrome already has a tab freezing feature that suspends the activity of tabs you did not click recently, but Microsoft wants to do more.
Sleeping tabs are based on the core of Chromium freezing technology. Freezing interrupts the tabs of a tab to script to minimize resource usage. "A sleeping tab continues to work automatically when you click, which is different from discarded tabs, which require the page to fully load," says Microsoft.
"Using freezing technology we developed Sleeping tabs. This feature allows inactive background tabs to run in sleep mode, freeing up system resources after a set amount of time space. These resources include memory and CPU and can be used for new or existing tabs or other apps running on your device.”
Sleeping tabs are set to require tabs to enter standby mode after two hours, but users will be able to adjust the time from the browser settings screen. If you want a tab to work again, just click on it, and the content will be available again in the browser.
The sleeping tabs will appear differently from the other tabs in Microsoft Edge. They will fade out to show that they are not using resources. When you click on them, the display will return to the standard approach.
Microsoft he says that tries to further enhance this feature with additional features so that users can add exceptions from the settings screen. This will allow you to create a list of sites that you do not allow to be suspended, requiring them to remain active.
According to Microsoft tests, sleeping tabs offer a significant improvement in browser performance. Memory usage appears to have dropped by at least 26% on Microsoft Edge, according to the company, while CPU usage fell by 29%.
Although the first benefit of this feature is lower resource usage, sleeping tabs will also improve battery life on laptops or mobiles in general Appliances.
The feature is still being tested, but Microsoft says it will soon be available to first-time users via the Canary and Dev channels.
