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

submitted 8 months ago by Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] 0xCAFE@feddit.de 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 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.

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 3 points 8 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.

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 months ago

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

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago

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

[–] Potajito@feddit.ch 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Shouldn't pinning it work for that?

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 months ago

I'll try, thanks!

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

WDYM by "throttling"?

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 9 points 8 months ago

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