[Ipg-smz] ZDNet pages suck resources

[Christine Hall]

The option to close open tabs when I'm doing research isn't workable. I 
use both Evernote and One Tab constantly to keep the number down.

Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
http://fossforce.com

On 4/3/19 5:46 PM, Tom Henderson wrote:
> The solution is far more simple. Turn off your speakers when surfing the 
> net. And just close the damn open tabs and windows.
> 
> And should thy site smote thee, don't surf there. Lotsa great content 
> out there, and a scoop is good for ten minutes, tops. Don't be a phish 
> and take the clickbait.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> On 4/3/19 5:29 PM, CHRIS PREIMESBERGER wrote:
>>
>> Check out the Vivaldi browser.
>>
>> */Chris Preimesberger/*
>> /Editor, eWEEK.com/
>> /Foster City, Calif./
>>
>>
>>> On April 3, 2019 at 11:59 AM David Needle <davidneedle at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks Scott! That looks extremely useful.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 11:55 AM Scott Koegler < scott at koegler.net 
>>> <mailto:scott at koegler.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     RE: muting tabs -
>>>
>>>     I use something called 'the great suspender' in Chrome. It
>>>     automatically suspends open tabs if you haven't used them in X
>>>     minutes. It's made a tremendous difference in memory and CPU
>>>     usage when I have way too many tabs open.
>>>
>>>     It's a chrome extension.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     . . .
>>>     Scott Koegler
>>>     scott at koegler.net <mailto:scott at koegler.net>
>>>     336-818-9463
>>>     Skype: skoegler
>>>     ScottKoegler.me
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Apr 3, 2019, at 2:51 PM, Lynn Greiner < ipg-smz at netpress.org
>>>     <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>     I also tweet crabbily about their stupid autoplay videos (of
>>>>     course, they
>>>>     ignore me too) and other rubbish. Wish I could tell my browser to
>>>>     automatically mute ZDNet tabs.
>>>>>     -----Original Message-----
>>>>>     From: Ipg-smz < ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org
>>>>>     <mailto:ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org>> On Behalf Of Steven J.
>>>>>     Vaughan-Nichols
>>>>>     Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 2:30 PM
>>>>>     To: ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>
>>>>>     Subject: Re: [Ipg-smz] ZDNet pages suck resources
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     Quoting Christine Hall < christine at fossforce.com
>>>>>     <mailto:christine at fossforce.com>>:
>>>>>
>>>>>     > If my computer starts slowing to a crawl and I look down to
>>>>>     see memory
>>>>>     > is maxed out and disk memory is starting to be used, all I
>>>>>     have to do
>>>>>     > is look through my open tabs, find the ZDNet article that's
>>>>>     open,
>>>>>     > close it, and memory use drops back down to about half of what's
>>>>>     > available.
>>>>>
>>>>>     I know.
>>>>>
>>>>>     I've been arguing about our fat, klutzy design for years now.
>>>>>     You can see
>>>>>     how much influence I've had.
>>>>>
>>>>>     Steven
>>>>>     -- 
>>>>>     Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
>>>>>     Writer
>>>>>
>>>>>
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