Microsoft to Introduce Extension Program Performance Detector for Edge Browser

TapTechNews September 20th news, the vast majority of browsers currently on the market are built based on the Chromium core, and these browsers support a wide variety of extension programs (also known as "plug-ins"), which can have a positive impact on life, efficiency or online experience. However, some extension programs may have a negative impact on the performance of the browser and even on the overall performance of the computer.

Today Beijing time, Microsoft announced through the WindowsBlogs official blog that it will introduce a "Extension Program Performance Detector" for the Edge browser, and users can understand the impact of different extension programs on browsing performance and experience.

According to the introduction, the Edge browser can detect when the performance impact caused by the extension program becomes obvious and continuous, and this function will be launched to some users starting with EdgeCanary 130. If an extension program continuously affects the browsing experience, then the Edge browser will send a reminder of "slower speed" to the user.

When the user clicks on this reminder, more information about the extension can be seen, as well as the impact of each extension program on the page loading speed, and the user can also disable the selected extension program through this reminder.

TapTechNews note: If users want to experience this function, they can visit edge://flags/#edge-performance-extension-detection in the aforementioned version of the Edge browser and select Enabled, and then restart the browser.