Subj : Microsoft Edge could soon tell you which browser extensions are d
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Sep 20 2024 15:45:04

Microsoft Edge could soon tell you which browser extensions are dragging you 
down  and let you speed things up with a click

Date:
Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:35:08 +0000

Description:
Microsoft is having some good ideas for its Edge browser of late, and this is 
another one.

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 Microsoft Edge has steadily been seeing improvements over the course of the 
year, and a fresh innovation in testing promises to boost the performance of 
the browser. It does so by keeping a close eye out for any misbehaving 
extensions which are consuming too much in the way of resources. 

 Neowin spotted the introduction of the feature called extension performance 
detector in Edge (Canary v130, meaning an early test version), which warns 
you if any browser extensions are slowing down Edge repeatedly over time. 

The notification that pops up as a warning when this happens tells you how 
much slowdown your browser extensions are causing, and breaks down the impact 
of each extension, with the worst offenders at the top. You can hit a button 
to turn off any of these extensions right there and then to improve your 
browsers performance. (Image credit: Shutterstock/PeopleImages.com - Yuri A) 
Extensions can be really useful - but they can also carry potential pitfalls 

For the uninitiated, browser extensions are compact add-ons installed in Edge 
(or other browsers) that add extra features. For example, they can instantly 
translate the contents of a web page, or read a page out aloud to you. 

While such add-ons can deliver powerful bits of extra functionality in a 
convenient way, some extensions can malfunction and potentially drag down 
your browsers performance, or worse still, perhaps the overall performance of 
your device. 

Right now, as noted, this feature is only available in the Canary build of 
Edge (where it can be enabled using a flag). Its likely to be unstable in its 
current experimental form, but hopefully, Microsoft will iron out any 
problems, and the extension performance detector tool will come to the full 
release of Edge eventually. 

Im looking forward to this capability arriving in the stable version of Edge, 
as extensions can certainly mess with your browsers performance in some 
cases, and sometimes without you even realizing that its an extension thats 
causing the trouble. So, a feature that keeps a constant lookout for such 
misfiring extensions is going to be worth its weight in gold. 

Microsoft has made a number of improvements to Edge throughout 2024, 
including other work to boost performance of the browser , and to better 
organize and streamline Edges Settings page , which is a rather sprawling 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/browsers/microsoft-edge-could-soon-tell-yo
u-which-browser-extensions-are-dragging-you-down-and-let-you-speed-things-up-w
ith-a-click


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