Thanks for dredging up the Brave Browser version and your Extensions status.
Be Prepared for Testing
Clear cookies, cache, history, etc.
In a Brave Browser New Window, go to:
brave://settings/clearBrowserData
Select the Advanced tab
Set Time range to “All time”
ENABLE everything except:
- Passwords and other sign-in data
(Myself, I would NOT make that exception)
(because I would have a backup prepared.)
(In other words, be prepared.)
Click on the “Clear data” button
Usually, in a Linux OS command line, you can start Brave Browser with one of the following commands:
brave -n --args --incognito --no-experiments --disable-extensions --disable-gpu
or
brave-browser -n --args --incognito --no-experiments --disable-extensions --disable-gpu
In order to determine which of those, to use, in a Brave Browser New Window, go to: “brave://version”
Scroll down to “Command line”
The beginnings of that command line character string, will indicate to you, which of those commands to use.
IF / WHEN launching Brave Browser, using one of those commands, does Brave Browser keep running?
You might:
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Have a Graphics Acceleration (aka Hardware Acceleration) problem . . . so, locate the Graphics / Hardware Acceleration switch in your Brave Browser settings, and turn it OFF.
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Add an additional Brave Browser Profile, for testing.
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Use the Brave Browser Task Manager, in order to learn more. Click on the “hamburger” menu button (3 small horizontal lines) at the upper-right corner of the Brave Browser webpage. Choose More Tools. And then, click Task Manager.
Get to know the Brave Browser > Developer Tools window
Click on the “hamburger” menu button (3 small horizontal lines) at the upper-right corner of the Brave Browser webpage. Choose More Tools. And then, click Developer Tools.
Shortcuts . . . but I do not yet know the Linux keyboard shortcut for activating the Developer Tools window:
– MacOS users, key combination: Command + Option + “I” (no quotes)
– Windows OS users: key combination: Control + Shift + “I” (no quotes)
On the first occasion of using Developer Tools, the Developer Tools “window” is usually a part of (contained within) its associated Brave Browser window . . . but you can make the Developer Tools window, a standalone window (though keeping its association with the Brave Browser window). I recommend that you do so:
In the upper right-hand corner of the Developer Tools window, there is an “Organizer” 3-vertical-dots button - click on that. The result should be a pop-up:
Notice the tiny blue icon that is first (left to right) among 4. Click on that icon. The Developer Tools window will become a standalone window.
How to use Developer Tools:
- ‘https://www.lifewire.com/web-browser-developer-tools-3988965’
- ‘https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/network/reference/’
- ‘https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/devtools-guide-chromium/’
Developer Tools > Network:
By monitoring the Developer Tools window > Network tab, you can observe the “behind the scenes” networking activity between the Internet browser and the website.