Switching from chrome to edge

[Davidwr80]

I am currently trying to switch from chrome to edge on my notebook, because i noticed that it gives me way better battery life. But, one of the features i like most about chrome is that you can open a video in an new tab, without it starting to play until you klick on the specific tab. Does anyone know how to enable this feature in edge?

[The_Denks]

Ctrl + Click?

[Guest]

I don't think it does that, I tried to do the same since my chrome got a virus but its just so trash, just try firefox cause edge is utter trash IMO.

[mikat]

You're making the switch at the wrong time imo, chrome is vastly improving battery life with chrome 57, so watch out for changes to chrome

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/chrome-57-background-tab-suspension-download/

Chrome 57 is out so the battery life improvements are probably in place now, have you done a test with the new chrome?

Many tests online are with older versions of chrome  

[mikat]

2 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

I don't think it does that, I tried to do the same since my chrome got a virus but its just so trash, just try firefox cause edge is utter trash IMO.

Firefox isn't much/any better than chrome in the battery department, which is what OP is after. https://www.custompcreview.com/articles/chrome-vs-edge-vs-firefox-best-browser-battery-life/38926/

[ChuckMaurice]

Maybe consider Opera. I have been very satisfied with it (minus very little and non-frequent bugs on video) and the battery life is awesome on both my laptops, way better than with Firefox/Chrome for what I know. And it has the feature you want. Make sure to enable economy mode and built-in ad blocker.

[Sauron]

5 minutes ago, jldjul said:

Maybe consider Opera. I have been very satisfied with it (minus very little and non-frequent bugs on video) and the battery life is awesome on both my laptops, way better than with Firefox/Chrome for what I know. And it has the feature you want. Make sure to enable economy mode and built-in ad blocker.

Opera is a chrome fork now

[ChuckMaurice]

8 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Opera is a chrome fork now

Does it matter that it's a fork if battery life is better on Opera? OP was using Chrome anyway.

[Guest]

Just now, jldjul said:

Does it matter if battery life is better on Opera than Chrome? OP was using Chrome anyway.

Yes it does, if you read the post thats what he wants...

[ChuckMaurice]

7 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

Yes it does, if you read the post thats what he wants...

You read me wrong: I meant (in response to @Sauron) that even if Opera is a Chrome fork, this doesn't matter because Opera provides better battery life than Chrome.

I edited for clarification.

[MorganO]

18 minutes ago, Abyss Gaming said:

Yes it does, if you read the post thats what he wants...

but opera does that....... doesnt start the video till you click the tab the with the video

[Davidwr80]

Thanks for all the answers. @mikat I know about chrome 57, but it in my testing, edge still uses noticably less battery. I would love to use chrome, but I get around 4 hours of battery life with it, compared to more than 6 with edge

[mikat]

11 minutes ago, Davidwr80 said:

Thanks for all the answers. @mikat I know about chrome 57, but it in my testing, edge still uses noticably less battery. I would love to use chrome, but I get around 4 hours of battery life with it, compared to more than 6 with edge

 that's a pretty big difference, well stick to edge for now then, but hopefully the chrome team will optimize chrome to the point where it's competitive with edge soon