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How to disable background throttling for a specific tab? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have one tab that I would like to be able to run in background unthrottled. Ideally, I would disable background throttling for the specific URL I have open in that tab. Is this possible somehow?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if it does everything you need, but pinning a tab prevents it from unloading AFAIK.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Thanks, I'll try that!

I believe though my problem is more throttling than complete unloading. But I am not sure how the browser works, so not sure about that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

My go-to is pulling the tab into its own window. If I end up having too many windows I usually find I’m doing something wrong or trying to play too many idles simultaneously.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Thanks! I was trying to avoid that, but I'll keep it in mind if the other ideas do not work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I think separate windows consume noticably more memory than a single one or fewer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Shouldn't pinning it work for that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I'll try, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

WDYM by "throttling"?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Limiting CPU-time that JavaScript, WASM, and others get