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Chrome 55 uses 30% less memory than 54

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Re: Chrome 55 uses 30% less memory than 54

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Post by [deleted] »

truth_sentinell wrote: post #112
sker wrote: post #56

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They're better. If I bookmark something with any service, chances of me ever checking that out again drop to nearly zero. Tabs, by virtue of being there bugging you, are bookmarks, to-do lists, and task reminders all in one.

No, they aren't. I don't know about you, but I can't have more than 20 tabs open and consciously be aware of the content. I can't think of people like above, having 120 tabs. It's probably a waste of time and resources. First because you can't possibly hold in your memory 120 tabs, thus you'll have to visit them or read the title to remind you why is it there on the first place. With bookmarks at least you can use th…

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Re: Chrome 55 uses 30% less memory than 54

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Post by noinsight »

dexwiz wrote: post #113
olegkikin wrote: post #98

It also looks like the UI shrunk 30%, and there's no way to change it, except by changing the DPI of the whole OS.

Previously Chrome did not take computer DPI settings into account. Now it scales the UI with DPI settings. I found my laptop was at 125% scaling without me knowing. http://techdows.com/2016/10/fix-chrome-54-looks-zoomed-in.ht...

On Linux on my 32" 4K screen Chromium automatically scales to 150% or so and the top chrome is the height of a Coke can.

I have to start the process with "--force-device-scale-factor=1" to make it stop.

Re: Chrome 55 uses 30% less memory than 54

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Post by patadune »

olegkikin wrote: post #98

It also looks like the UI shrunk 30%, and there's no way to change it, except by changing the DPI of the whole OS.

I got the opposite problem (tabs and address bar were bigger after update), and I fixed it by changing the flag "UI Layout for the browser's top chrome" in chrome://flags from "Touch" to "Normal". Maybe this flag can also fix your problem.

Re: Chrome 55 uses 30% less memory than 54

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Post by wheelerwj »

bogomipz wrote: post #70
MetaMonk wrote: post #67

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Suspends tabs after a set period of disuse. Great for people who open a ton of tabs in Chrome.

Ah Ok I thought it might be an OS utility. Thanks for the tip. I also highly recommend session buddy for excessive tab folks. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/session-buddy/edac...

chrome already has this behavior built in, start where I left off under settings.

Is this different?

Re: Chrome 55 uses 30% less memory than 54

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Post by weaksauce »

ausjke wrote: post #29

awesome news then, chrome really needs to improve memory usage, especially when I have lots of tabs open. under firefox I normally had 120 tabs open all the time, and it's fine. with chrome, I dare not to exceed 60 tabs. chrome triggers heavy swap all the time still, which renders the system very sluggish.

I made a simple firefox/chrome extension for people that horde tabs as temp bookmarks. You might find it useful to find tabs and quickly navigate to them by clicking on the link in the list. It's free and open source. The github page has a gif showing usage. You can also type cmd-shift-e or ctrl-shift-e to switch to it.

Chrome Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabist/hdjegjggiog...

Firefox Extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tabist/

source code: https://github.com/fiveNinePlusR/tabist

Let me know if you find it useful or have any suggestions. (patches are awesome too)

Re: Chrome 55 uses 30% less memory than 54

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Post by mikeash »

mishac wrote: post #108
wtallis wrote: post #61

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More specifically about OS X: support for 32-bit hardware was dropped in 2011, but support for 64-bit applications has been available on all 64-bit hardware since 2007, even if you were running the 32-bit OS kernel. Apple handled that transition way better than Microsoft.

To be fair, microsoft's userbase requires backwards compatibility a lot more than apple's does, since Macs are largely consumer systems rather than enterprise ones. Microsoft got flack for dropping 16bit app support in 64bit OSes (since 64 bit windows doesn't have NTVDM). They'd be flayed alive if they dropped 32bit support.

Apple still supports 32-bit apps. Aside from memory usage and possibly performance, the difference is not noticeable to the user.

Re: Chrome 55 uses 30% less memory than 54

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Post by saghm »

nkkollaw wrote: post #120
kuschku wrote: post #107

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Doesn’t work with German ZIP codes: http://wttr.in/24107 or ISO ZIP codes: http://wttr.in/D-24107

Why would it work with German zip codes? Zip codes are not universal...

Because there are people in Germany who want to get the weather?

Re: Chrome 55 uses 30% less memory than 54

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Post by ahmedfromtunis »

wheelerwj wrote: post #124
bogomipz wrote: post #70

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Ah Ok I thought it might be an OS utility. Thanks for the tip. I also highly recommend session buddy for excessive tab folks. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/session-buddy/edac...

chrome already has this behavior built in, start where I left off under settings. Is this different?

Yep. You can save named sessions so that you can go back in time as needed.

Re: Chrome 55 uses 30% less memory than 54

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Post by reactor »

ausjke wrote: post #29

awesome news then, chrome really needs to improve memory usage, especially when I have lots of tabs open. under firefox I normally had 120 tabs open all the time, and it's fine. with chrome, I dare not to exceed 60 tabs. chrome triggers heavy swap all the time still, which renders the system very sluggish.

Better use OneTab extension, https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/onetab/chphlpgkkbo...
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