Save 99% memory in google chrome by bookmarking all tabs and closing Chrome!
Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
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Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#52Nicely presented. I've only tested this a little, but in some cases it appears that restoring a tab doesn't issue any new HTTP requests to the page server, maybe subject to cache headers. That's a nice trick, how does it work?
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#53Hmmm It would be nice if it saved tab history as well, restored and ended up finding all my history had been lost :/
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#54This is the equivalent of closing all tabs, with the added bonus of having a list of what you just closed. I refuse to compromise on functionality because Chrome can't get its memory deal together.
It should be noted that Chrome has a built-in "Bookmark All Tabs" button which will bookmark all tabs in the window into a folder... This extension doesn't seem to add any functionality on top of that.
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#55Save 99% memory in google chrome by bookmarking all tabs and closing Chrome!
where did the 1% go?
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#56This is the equivalent of closing all tabs, with the added bonus of having a list of what you just closed. I refuse to compromise on functionality because Chrome can't get its memory deal together.
Chrome actually already has this built in, too. If you close your window, you'll get a browsable "x tabs" entry in your browsing history. An additional 20-30 MB of memory could be saved by not installing this extension.
True, but this extension will help you distinguish between the tabs you want to close forever and the tabs you want to return to later.
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#57Is this any different from opening the Chrome Task Manager and quitting every tab? (Memory-wise)
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#58Nicely presented. I've only tested this a little, but in some cases it appears that restoring a tab doesn't issue any new HTTP requests to the page server, maybe subject to cache headers. That's a nice trick, how does it work?
That's probably Chrome obeying the HTTP cache headers for the web site in question.
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#59This is the equivalent of closing all tabs, with the added bonus of having a list of what you just closed. I refuse to compromise on functionality because Chrome can't get its memory deal together.
I wouldn't be too quick to blame Chrome. What if each open background tab is running a computation/upload that requires the DOM? What if you're listening to music in the background? Point is, Chrome can't just arbitrarily decide to pause execution and free up memory for background tabs. Me, I'm a documentation-holic. I need to have all the references for whatever project I'm working on a single click away. Sometimes…
There are very few cases where I actually want tabs running in the background, and I'd be happy to add those cases to a whitelist in exchange for Chrome not eating my computer.
But as long as no browser does that, OP's option looks like a huge timesaver for me.
Re: Show HN: Save Memory in Google Chrome
#60This is the equivalent of closing all tabs, with the added bonus of having a list of what you just closed. I refuse to compromise on functionality because Chrome can't get its memory deal together.
It should be noted that Chrome has a built-in "Bookmark All Tabs" button which will bookmark all tabs in the window into a folder... This extension doesn't seem to add any functionality on top of that.
I used to do that sometimes, but it suffered from the "out of sight, out of mind" problem.