Recently I feel like Brave browser is getting slower than Chrome and Edge. It’s using more RAM than before. Web page loading time has increased significantly. Does anyone feel like this? I think a little bit optimization is needed.
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Negative. Overall my browser is still fast. I’ve opened Chrome and used it on various sites and Brave is able to navigate to and load content faster.
On Windows or Linux, you can Shift + Escape to open up Brave’s Task manager which will show you what is being used by your browser, if you were unaware. It will look something like below:
What I’d consider if that you check what filters you’re using for your adblock, knowing ideally you should have Fanboy Annoyances List and uBlock Annoyances List active. If you have more than that, it can slow things down.
Also, should be running as few extensions as possible. If you are using extensions, you may want to test on a Private Window to see if you notice a change. If so, then likely an extension is your problem.
Lastly, it would be good to notice if there’s any particular websites or content that you’re noticing issues with.
There was a slight delay on the ibotta.com site (from the screenshot)
ibotta.com##+js(rc, async-hide, , stay) makes it more responsive
I felt this too but I tried uninstalling my extensions. After removing most of them, My browser went faster again.
Here are my tips:
- Segregate your work types on different profiles (yeah, I know… this is hassle and extra work but it will give you a better experience)
- Only add extensions that you need on the kind of work per profile
- If you really love your extensions, disable and enable them depending on your current needs
What I did to restore my fast browsing experience:
I removed my dev tools here on my browsing profile.
I created my segregated development profile
I also segregated my article writing profile with a full set of grammar checking and plagiarism check extensions.
conclusion:
in my case, my extensions are very CPU and memory-consuming:
In my opinion, no matter how fast the browser is, too many installed extensions (especially those extensions doing passive checking and changing the displayed elements on pages) will make your browser slower.