Please provide some details about, where are you typing?
If typing in the URL address field, that could bog down response times, because:
“Locking up for about 30 seconds when I try to enter a web url in the address bar - #51 by 289wk”
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
Maybe hardware / graphics acceleration issue. Two locations where you may throw a switch, experiment:
brave://settings/system
and
brave://flags/ - there, search for “accele” and:
Two switches that might apply:
- Accelerated 2D canvas
- Hardware-accelerated video encode
Extensions testing
- Disable extensions; then test for issue
- Enable extensions, one at a time, in order to individually test for issue
- Enable combinations of extensions, in order to see which combinations of extensions will work without encountering the issue
Sometimes, the following two steps, are sufficient to get Brave Browser running properly.
With BB not running, delete the ‘Caches’ folder, and delete the ‘Cookies’ file.
Caches (folder):
%LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\Cache\
Cookies (file):
%LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\Cookies
The Brave Browser executable, brave.exe, is located in one of:
64 architecture
"C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe"
x86 architecture
"C:\Program Files(x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe""
Change the path within the Brave Browser shortcut on your computer’s Desktop, to include switches that are intended to:
- start up Brave Browser, showing a New Private Window
- disable all experiments at
brave://flags - disable extensions
- disable GPU ie disable Hardware Acceleration
- enable leak detection and if that failure occurs, then crash the browser (–enable-leak-detection --crash-on-failure are a combo)
- produce error/log output to a file named ‘brave_console_out.txt’ on the Windows OS Desktop
For example:
64 architecture (change the path to):
"C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --incognito --no-experiments --disable-extensions --disable-gpu --enable-leak-detection --crash-on-failure 2> %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\brave_console_out.txt
x86 architecture (note the switches to add):
"C:\Program Files(x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --incognito --no-experiments --disable-extensions --disable-gpu --enable-leak-detection --crash-on-failure 2> %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\brave_console_out.txt
Notice that the existing path, BEFORE the additions, is enclosed by double-quote marks. And, everything added to the existing path, is located after the existing path.
Start Brave Browser via the Brave Browser shortcut.
IF Brave Browser keeps running . . .
TEST your issue
When you think appropriate, restore the Brave Browser shortcut …
64 architecture
"C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe"
x86 architecture
"C:\Program Files(x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe"
Screenshot of Windows OS Task Manager:
Screenshot of Brave Browser Task Manager:
All of the following are diagnostic tools:
Opening 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.
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
- Back up bookmarks (and tabs, as bookmarks)
- Back up passwords
- Back up Windows Registry
- Create System Restore Point