Status: Unconfirmed Owner: all-bugs-t...@chromium.org Labels: Type-Bug Pri-2 OS-All Area-Misc
New issue 5991 by stephen.c.anderson: Trim Idle Tab Memory http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=5991 Chrome Version : 1.0.154.36 What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Open a new tab 2. Browse 5-10 pages in it 3. Repeat This is a typical usage scenario for a many-tab user like myself. We browse a little, find something interesting to consider, then open a new tab to continue free browsing. Right now I have gmail, 8 "interesting" tabs, and 1 active browsing tab. After the "interesting" tabs are idle (having not been actively navigated for some time) their memory usage is far higher than need be because they are still retaining their cached history. Tabs should have an idle timeout where they progressively (or all at once) start discarding their back-forward history information (and other memory cached objects). Sometimes after a long while, maybe even a browser restart (with the reopen tab option), I manually trim the browser memory. I do this by copying the url for a tab, closing the tab, opening a new tab, pasting the url, then go there and repeat for the next tab. This can almost halve the browser memory consumption but it is time consuming. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
