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I'm sorry, but you don't get to tell me what I need to comfortably run a piece of software on my computer. Despite whatever utilization metrics are claimed, Chr

by z0r 4y ago

I'm sorry, but you don't get to tell me what I need to comfortably run a piece of software on my computer. Despite whatever utilization metrics are claimed, Chrome runs like a wounded animal whenever I get into the territory of a dozen windows with approximately a dozen tabs each. If I try to do something unimaginable like open a Google sheet and a Meet call at the same time on my work provided laptop equipped with 16 GB of RAM, it's a disaster.

anigbrowl 4y ago
Then maybe it's something other than memory. Despite having a bunch of extensions running, the only problem I have ever had with 3-400 open tabs is the mental effort of managing them. I'm honestly perplexed I don't have more problems as the machine I do most of my reading/browsing on is more than a decade old and doesn't even have a GPU. Plus I nearly always have 2 messaging apps, a pdf viewer, and 1-3 other browsers running simultaneously, maybe a logging app too. All running on Windows 10, it's not some turbocharged Gentoo installation or anything.
Kiro 4y ago
Your computer is broken.
- z0r 4y ago
  My Carbon X1 with 8 i7 cores isn't broken. Rather, the internet browser I use largely for work has issues managing a large collection of tabs that include a few heavy web-apps (gmail, meet, sheets and play music).
  - Kiro 4y ago
    It's definitely broken if your 16 GB RAM can't handle Chrome.
  - egwor 4y ago
    I suspect your work is running lots of tracking software. Check the Chrome Task Manager and see if it is that?
anthk 4y ago
- Use Ublock Origin - Add the "--light" parameter to your desktop shortcut/script/launcher.
- z0r 4y ago
  I work in advertising, so I think using Ublock Origin is hypocritical (and it seems is not permitted by my employer's security policy.) I can't find documentation for any "--light" flag, so it's unclear what that does / if it still works. But I appreciate the suggestions.
  - anthk 4y ago
    Well, your industry it's generanting the same problem you are ranting at. ADs will crawl down any browser.
  - anigbrowl 4y ago
    I'm curious, what if you try running Chrome's Task Manager (shift-escape on Windows, idk what you're using). Cause I noticed things like gmail are pretty well behaved and just sit there, whereas Twitter takes up nearly twice as much memory and grabs a bunch of CPU time every 20 seconds. If you're not running an ad-blocker I would expect that any site with heavy ads/tracking is impacting performance. I work in advertising, so I think using Ublock Origin is hypocritical I sincerely think that your industry makes the internet way worse than it needs to be.
    - anthk 4y ago
      Twitter back in the day had a web page (m.twitter.com) which worked everywhere, even under Links2 with the graphical UI. If the reason it's "the user can't be tracked equally without a JS Big Brother behemoth", then they don't understand how cookies can be used for that, or by just parsing the user tweets and preferences.

by z0r 4y ago

anigbrowl 4y ago

Then maybe it's something other than memory. Despite having a bunch of extensions running, the only problem I have ever had with 3-400 open tabs is the mental effort of managing them. I'm honestly perplexed I don't have more problems as the machine I do most of my reading/browsing on is more than a decade old and doesn't even have a GPU. Plus I nearly always have 2 messaging apps, a pdf viewer, and 1-3 other browsers running simultaneously, maybe a logging app too. All running on Windows 10, it's not some turbocharged Gentoo installation or anything.

Kiro 4y ago

Your computer is broken.

z0r 4y ago
My Carbon X1 with 8 i7 cores isn't broken. Rather, the internet browser I use largely for work has issues managing a large collection of tabs that include a few heavy web-apps (gmail, meet, sheets and play music).
- Kiro 4y ago
  It's definitely broken if your 16 GB RAM can't handle Chrome.
- egwor 4y ago
  I suspect your work is running lots of tracking software. Check the Chrome Task Manager and see if it is that?

anthk 4y ago

- Use Ublock Origin - Add the "--light" parameter to your desktop shortcut/script/launcher.

z0r 4y ago
I work in advertising, so I think using Ublock Origin is hypocritical (and it seems is not permitted by my employer's security policy.) I can't find documentation for any "--light" flag, so it's unclear what that does / if it still works. But I appreciate the suggestions.
- anthk 4y ago
  Well, your industry it's generanting the same problem you are ranting at. ADs will crawl down any browser.
- anigbrowl 4y ago
  I'm curious, what if you try running Chrome's Task Manager (shift-escape on Windows, idk what you're using). Cause I noticed things like gmail are pretty well behaved and just sit there, whereas Twitter takes up nearly twice as much memory and grabs a bunch of CPU time every 20 seconds. If you're not running an ad-blocker I would expect that any site with heavy ads/tracking is impacting performance. I work in advertising, so I think using Ublock Origin is hypocritical I sincerely think that your industry makes the internet way worse than it needs to be.
  - anthk 4y ago
    Twitter back in the day had a web page (m.twitter.com) which worked everywhere, even under Links2 with the graphical UI. If the reason it's "the user can't be tracked equally without a JS Big Brother behemoth", then they don't understand how cookies can be used for that, or by just parsing the user tweets and preferences.