This extension has transformed my Chrome and computer experience

Posted by morphics on Monday September 30, 2013 @04:25AM
from the thenextweb.com dept.

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/09/29/this-chrome-extension-has-dramatically-reduced-its-cpu-usage-for-me/

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Re:This extension has transformed my Chrome and computer exp... by matthewdavis on Monday September 30, 2013 @09:31AM (#6469479)

This may be a stupid question, but why don't our browsers do this automatically? This seems like a good idea.

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Re:This extension has transformed my Chrome and computer exp... by greenyoda on Monday September 30, 2013 @01:27PM (#6470909)

I've noticed that I can have a hundred tabs open in Firefox without much damage, but if I open a hundred tabs in Chrome, my CPU starts to run full-blast making the machine impossible to use.

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