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Are there any plans to have Firefox throttle background tabs? This is one feature from Chrome that is currently stopping me from switching. It's very useful for
by willtim 9y ago
Are there any plans to have Firefox throttle background tabs? This is one feature from Chrome that is currently stopping me from switching. It's very useful for laptops with lots of open tabs. The current rate of progress is definitely impressive though.
- callahad 9y agoYes. Much of that work began landing in Firefox 55, and there's more to come. We also more aggressively throttle scripts that are sourced from domains on our tracking protection blacklist, so tracking / advertising scripts won't be able to ruin your experience.
- willtim 9y agoThank you and keep up the excellent work! I look forward to trying it out (and at some point switching).
- bzbarsky 9y agoFirefox has been throttling background tabs (setTimeout, setInterval, requestAnimationFrame) for years. Starting in Firefox 55 there are more operations that are being throttled. In both Firefox and Chrome the exact set of things that get throttled, and the throttling conditions, is somewhat in flux at the moment, as browsers try to figure out how much they can throttle without breaking legitimate usecases (e.g. user-desired audio in a background tab).