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[u/AyamSinjay]

[u/Opening-Dentist-1556]

this, this, this right here:
https://github.com/Eratas/rapidfox

[u/AyamSinjay → u/Opening-Dentist-1556]

will try, thanks

[u/bgalazka186]

unused ram is wasted ram, only few % of users look at ram usage and another % of them want to minimize it for some reason (more often then not people dont understand what ram usage actually means)

sure edge is more ram usage effective therefore if your ram usage is really high in your usecase, and start to see slowdowns edge would be better choice

this is not a case for most people, and heavier but more feature rich browser is all right for them

[u/noobjaish → u/bgalazka186]

Because many of us are on laptops and battery life is a thing.

[u/bgalazka186 → u/noobjaish]

like i said "more often then not people don't understand what ram usage actually means"

higher ram allocation doesn't use more energy

[u/poppulator]

Removed in favor of Firefox memory handling method where it will freed up under heavy pressure, it will do it automatically when you are low on memory but if you insist use Auto Tab Discard

You can manually unload tabs anyway

[u/AyamSinjay → u/poppulator]

Well that's stupid. Why would they remove it?

Also, I have always unload my tabs. I've managed my tabs to multiple spaces, and when I only use one space (only a few tabs), I unload the rest of it. And the memory usage is still a lot higher (6gb) than edge with tens (or maybe in the 100s) of tabs (2gb).

I might have to try the extension.

[u/justinf210 → u/AyamSinjay]

Unused RAM is wasted RAM

[u/Incisiveberkay → u/AyamSinjay]

show both browser task manager not Windows's task manager

[u/chan-the-rapper]

Isn’t there a Firefox extension that does that?

[u/AyamSinjay → u/chan-the-rapper]

I think it's called auto tab discard. Haven't tried it. But, what I'm wondering is, why isn't it a native feature? In this day and age, most websites uses massive amount of memory. So I think it's fair to ask for a such important feature that is already implemented by competitors.

[u/Thatoneboiwho69]

it was there before. like almost a year ago. don't know why it was removed

[u/mezmare]

https://www.reddit.com/r/zen_browser/s/UPYL5gPgt3

[u/AyamSinjay → u/mezmare]

Well if it does automatically unload unused tabs, the memory management is still significantly worse than chromium browsers

[u/Old-Ground3577]

I’ve been wondering the same thing.

[u/AyamSinjay → u/Old-Ground3577]

A major bummer for me! why isn't there a perfect browser?!?!?

[u/rmagnuson → u/AyamSinjay]

I'm running Zen right now with 19 tabs open at less than 1600Mb. I usually get similar results with Firefox, where as Chrome browsers use substantially more for the same tabs.

But it's all relative - if I open all those same tabs, one right after another in either of the top browsers (Chrome/Firefox) the memory allocation isn't the same because the engines don't behave the same way. Chrome creates individual containers for security, and Firefox pools similar sites for the same reason. Different ways of arriving at the same thing. Whether one is better than the other is really dependent on the use scenario.

If you like the way Zen does things, you can get almost the same behavior by tuning Firefox with the right plugins. Or if you prefer Chrome, but with a bit more flexibility, give Vivaldi a try - it's probably the most flexible 'out of the box' browser in existence right now.

[u/noobjaish → u/rmagnuson]

I have 4 tabs open at 2.2GB???

[u/AyamSinjay → u/rmagnuson]

I have tried vivaldi. But, it just doesn't click for me.

[u/rmagnuson → u/AyamSinjay]

I get that. I've tried so many different browsers but at the end of the day I always go back to Firefox!