Why my brave browser laggin

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How to stop the settings cog wheel icon from disappearing in Brave?


There is much to study, because:

  • lagging
  • laggy

performance by Brave Browser (MacOS), remains an issue:

Serious Lag with Scrolling pages - #2 by 289wk

Serious Lag with Scrolling pages - #5 by 289wk


One of the first tests, in order to try and reduce the workload, is to disable hardware / Graphics Acceleration.

Another test, would be to disable extensions.