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Well chrome will "suspend" tabs when it sees your system is running low on memory, and will resume them when you switch to them. But it's a much harder problem

• mkl 9y ago
  That doesn't sound like a reason for it to be hard - just provide a way to mark tabs as "don't suspend". I have only a couple I would put in that category, and I really wish Chrome would stop burning up all my resources and battery on the rest (often it's not a specific tab, just the "Browser" process, so I can't do it manually).
  • askmike 9y ago
    I'm pretty sure the amount of users that actually like this opt-out behaviour (everything gets suspended by default) is a minority. Instead what they choose to do is not worry about memory until it you actually run out of it. I don't mind my applications taking up 90% of my memory if that keeps everything fast and I don't have to worry about keeping track and thinking about what I actually want to suspend and what I dont't. If you really do mind, just run any of the plugins that implements your exact required behaviour (like the great suspender).
• tinus_hn 9y ago
  Next step: Limit the amount of memory available to Chrome so it thinks your system is running low on memory earlier. > I'm going to be quite upset... You'll get over it, I promise.
  • Klathmon 9y ago
    I'd just end up using another browser that doesn't purposely slow itself down or make me miss notifications or stop background activity unnecessarily. Why the extreme majority would want that from their browser all the time baffles me. Just to see a lower number in a resource monitor window?
• MrMid 9y ago
  Firefox keeps alive pinned tabs, don't know about chrome