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Firefox also does not reload all tabs on start, unlike Chrome That's a choosable setting in Chrome -- resume where you left off, or start fresh.
by DrScump 9y ago
Firefox also does not reload all tabs on start, unlike Chrome
That's a choosable setting in Chrome -- resume where you left off, or start fresh.
- tbassetto 9y agoThat's not exactly what he is talking about. Both browsers can keep the list of tabs where the user left off. But Chrome will actually load all the opened tabs, while Firefox will load only the focused tab when starting. It will load the remaining tabs only when they get the focus.
- setr 9y agoI think he means that firefox has the tabs available to click on, but not actually loaded until you click on them. Chrome goes and opens every page when it comes back up, and ends up with a substantial (re)startup time due to it, especially by the time you're around 100 or so tabs in Basically, firefox does lazy loading, and chrome does not
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