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The MS Edge dev channel has a basic form of tab suspending built into it now. Based on my non-rigorous testing it seems to actually save more memory than TGS e

The MS Edge dev channel has a basic form of tab suspending built into it now. Based on my non-rigorous testing it seems to actually save more memory than TGS ever did so I just removed the extension entirely. It is really a shame that basic functionality like this isn't built into more browsers and we have to rely on extensions to fill the gaps just to keep memory usage under control for tab-a-holics like myself. :(

shawnz 6y ago
In fact tab suspending/discarding has been built into Chrome for some time now and Great Suspender does optionally make use of the built-in functionality. I still sometimes use extensions like Great Suspender to give more control over the process (e.g. to suspend more aggressively on RAM-constrained machines or where the user uses a lot of tabs). Since this news came out I have switched to "Auto Tab Discard".
jannes 6y ago
Chromium-based browsers and Firefox have discarding built-in. chrome://discards/ has some advanced options (in Chromium-based browsers). Funnily enough, Google mentions The Great Suspender as inspiration for this feature in the August 2015 changelog: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/09/tab-discarding https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/09/tab-discar... > We actually had a great chat with the author of the Great Suspender extension while developing tab discarding and they're glad to see us natively tackling this problem in ways that are more efficient than an extension might be able to, such as losing the state of your user inactions.
dbbk 6y ago
The functionality is built-into Chrome, the native tab discarding just happens when it thinks memory pressure is too high. Extensions like this give you extra granularity to set it to happen after a timer.
davidfstr 6y ago
> It is really a shame that basic functionality like this isn't built into more browsers and we have to rely on extensions to fill the gaps just to keep memory usage under control for tab-a-holics like myself. :( The way I see it, extension developers get to come up with innovative new features first, and then the first-party vendors like Apple, Google, and Microsoft take note and eventually do just that: Integrate it into their own products. For example: The Great Suspender → Sleeping Tabs [experimental] (Microsoft/Edge); Flux → Night Shift (Apple/iOS); Growl → macOS Notifications (Apple/macOS); Swype → iOS Built-in Keyboard (Apple/iOS); etc Edit: Fix formatting.

shawnz 6y ago

In fact tab suspending/discarding has been built into Chrome for some time now and Great Suspender does optionally make use of the built-in functionality. I still sometimes use extensions like Great Suspender to give more control over the process (e.g. to suspend more aggressively on RAM-constrained machines or where the user uses a lot of tabs). Since this news came out I have switched to "Auto Tab Discard".

jannes 6y ago

Chromium-based browsers and Firefox have discarding built-in. chrome://discards/ has some advanced options (in Chromium-based browsers). Funnily enough, Google mentions The Great Suspender as inspiration for this feature in the August 2015 changelog: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/09/tab-discarding https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2015/09/tab-discar... > We actually had a great chat with the author of the Great Suspender extension while developing tab discarding and they're glad to see us natively tackling this problem in ways that are more efficient than an extension might be able to, such as losing the state of your user inactions.

dbbk 6y ago

The functionality is built-into Chrome, the native tab discarding just happens when it thinks memory pressure is too high. Extensions like this give you extra granularity to set it to happen after a timer.

davidfstr 6y ago

> It is really a shame that basic functionality like this isn't built into more browsers and we have to rely on extensions to fill the gaps just to keep memory usage under control for tab-a-holics like myself. :( The way I see it, extension developers get to come up with innovative new features first, and then the first-party vendors like Apple, Google, and Microsoft take note and eventually do just that: Integrate it into their own products. For example: The Great Suspender → Sleeping Tabs [experimental] (Microsoft/Edge); Flux → Night Shift (Apple/iOS); Growl → macOS Notifications (Apple/macOS); Swype → iOS Built-in Keyboard (Apple/iOS); etc Edit: Fix formatting.