The Web community needs to do something about Web pages that do lots of work in background tabs when users expect them to do nothing.
Jul 10, 2014 · 8:29 PM UTC
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@davidbaron @fitzgen I think most browsers slow the setTimeout callback rate for background tabs.
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@McMillanSean That fixes problem of 1 page acting every 10ms by slowing it to 1s, but doesn't fix 10-100 pages acting every 1s.
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@davidbaron We could make tab width proportional to CPU usage, height to memory. ;)
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@davidbaron @ColinCurtisKS +1 I've noticed lots of reloading in other tabs after the site has loaded. My laptop overheats enough as it is.
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